Mary Kay Zayani, LCSW
California · 25 years in practice
Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 21199 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, New York
- 075755 · expires July 2027
- NPI
- 1407073950 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 25
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Mary
Mary Kay Zayani is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and offers steady support while helping clients sort through emotions and practical decisions.
Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people feel steadier and more able to act on what matters to them. Mary Kay draws on Jungian therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centered approaches to help people understand patterns and inner conflicts.
Background and approach
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques and elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach skills for managing emotions and changing unhelpful thinking. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on identifying the roots of recurring problems. She aims to be a calm, nonjudgmental presence who listens, validates, and encourages people to find their own answers.
Early sessions often map what is most urgent, then set clear short-term goals like improving sleep, reducing panic, or repairing a key relationship. Practical tools such as coping strategies, behavior experiments, and communication practices are commonly used. Mary Kay’s background includes a Master of Social Work from Columbia University and licensure as an LCSW in New York and California.
Over her career she has worked with a wide range of concerns including addictions, parenting strain, body image, and issues around attachment and abandonment. People seeking help can expect straightforward conversation, regular check-ins on progress, and a mix of exploration and skill-building. Therapy is framed as a collaborative effort to reduce distress and increase clarity about next steps.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Mary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Mary names
- Jungian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Mary Kay commonly blends Jungian therapy with attachment-based and client-centered methods. Jungian therapy looks at recurring patterns, dreams, and inner symbols to help people understand deeper sources of confusion or meaning. Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connection styles and helps people build more supported ways of relating. Client-centered work places the person’s experience at the center of sessions and emphasizes empathy, listening, and supporting each person to find their own path.Choosing an approach is collaborative. Mary Kay will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try a few methods, and adjust the approach over time. The process is meant to fit the client's needs rather than force a single method from the start.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and eye contact, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth or camera use is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins, worksheets, or coaching-style guidance between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between appointments.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, career questions, addictions, parenting challenges, body image and self-esteem, ADHD concerns, and family-of-origin problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, calm, and nonjudgmental while also practical. Sessions mix listening and exploration with skill teaching and behavioral strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience working in counseling and mental health settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in New York and California and based in California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can happen by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
More therapists in California
See allKeith Chilton
LMFT
Helping people find balance through thoughtful therapy
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship
Gian Sarabia
LMFT
Therapist blending Jungian insight and practical tools
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Bipolar
Eugene Yamamoto
LCSW
Experienced LCSW blending insight and practical tools
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us