Mayra Vega, LCSW

Mayra Vega is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for people facing anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, and life transitions. She also lists aging and geriatric issues among her additional focus areas, along with LGBT concerns and caregiver stress.

Her background includes work with people navigating homelessness, immigration challenges, and family of origin difficulties. She uses a client-centered, strengths-based stance that aims to keep conversations respectful and without judgment. Sessions emphasize listening first, then setting goals that feel useful and realistic.

Therapy sessions draw on cognitive behavioral methods, attachment-informed ideas, and motivational techniques. That means she helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and reflect on how relationships shape wellbeing. Mindfulness practices can be used to manage stress and ground difficult emotions.

Her style is practical and adaptive. She works with each person to shape goals and steps that fit their life. She does not claim specific training in OCD, autism, sexual dysfunctions, borderline personality disorder, or neurocognitive disorders.

Mayra offers care in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. People who reach out typically start by describing what feels most urgent, then together they set a plan for the next sessions. She encourages people to see asking for help as a first brave step toward change.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships affect feelings and behavior. It helps people see patterns in close relationships and try different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and actions that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s own goals and pace; the therapist offers empathy and support while the client leads the topics and timing.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and what feels most comfortable. Together they choose or combine methods and check in regularly to adjust the plan as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats before booking since specific session types are not listed here. Online options can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that works better. Therapists can also use practical exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices between sessions to keep progress moving forward.