Mayra Vega , LCSW

Mayra Vega is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in New York with more than 15 years of experience in the mental health field. As an LCSW, she has advanced clinical training in social work and provides assessment and therapy for a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, career challenges, and major life transitions.

Her clinical focus includes LGBTQ+ issues across the lifespan and gender-related concerns, as well as work with homelessness, immigration-related stressors, and family of origin dynamics. She has supported individuals and families coping with grief, parenting and blended family issues, intimacy concerns, and adjustment to aging, among other life stresses.

Mayra adopts a client-centered, strengths-based, and culturally sensitive counseling style designed to be non-judgmental, supportive, and interactive. She integrates cognitive-behavioral techniques with humanistic and rational-emotive behavior approaches, and tailors goals and interventions to each person’s unique needs and circumstances.

She is transparent about areas where she does not hold specific training, including obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism, sexual dysfunctions, borderline personality disorder, and neurocognitive disorders. Mayra acknowledges that seeking help requires courage and frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at helping people move toward meaningful change.

Approaches to Care and Benefits of Online Therapy

Mayra Vega draws from attachment-based therapy to explore how early and ongoing relationship patterns shape current ways of relating. This approach helps people address trust, intimacy, and attachment concerns by examining interpersonal history and building new relational skills.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and collaboration. This person-focused method supports clients in identifying their own goals and strengths and is helpful for emotional processing, self-esteem work, and life transitions.

When appropriate, Mayra incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and develop practical strategies for managing anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT offers concrete tools for changing behaviors and reducing symptoms through structured practice.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Mayra works collaboratively with each person to determine the best fit based on needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts methods over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy with Mayra is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and access therapeutic support from wherever a client is located in New York.