About Mayra
Mayra Vega is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 15 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and other life changes. She speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese and draws on a range of approaches to meet different needs.
Mayra keeps sessions focused on the person in front of her. She uses client-centered and attachment-informed approaches to help people feel heard and understood.
How Mayra works
She also uses cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness techniques when they fit a person's goals. Her work includes support around LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, parenting challenges, grief, anger, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She also addresses family of origin issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, body image, and forgiveness.
Mayra has experience with needs that arise from homelessness and immigration concerns. Therapy with Mayra tends to be practical. She helps clients identify patterns, try new ways of reacting, and build skills for coping with daily stress.
Sessions can include guided conversations, goal setting, and simple exercises to practice between meetings. People who prefer an empathetic, straightforward approach often find this style helpful. Mayra aims to work without judgment and to adapt goals to each person's situation.
She encourages small steps and recognizes that change takes time.
Mayra lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Mayra works with
The areas below are the ones Mayra selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current reactions; it can help people improve trust, communication, and emotional safety in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers conversations on the person's perspective, using empathy and active listening so goals emerge from what matters most to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete skill-building to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods to try based on their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process includes checking in about what feels useful and adjusting methods over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins, working through immediate thoughts, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice skills between sessions.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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