Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
How Zaya works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPCC
- Licensed in
- New York, Virginia, New Jersey, California, Utah
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Zaya
Zaya Kuykendall is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people find balance when life feels overwhelming. She draws on 16 years in the helping field to guide people toward clearer priorities, better emotion regulation, and renewed self-awareness. She takes a collaborative approach.
Sessions are conversational and practical. She encourages openness and honesty while helping clients name feelings and identify roadblocks that get in the way of daily life. Zaya blends a few practical methods in her work, including Gestalt, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy.
Background and approach
That mix is used to build personal strengths, close unfinished business, and set small, achievable goals. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling completed in 2004.
Over the years she has focused on domestic violence, child development and parenting, familial conflict, women’s issues, and substance use concerns. Sessions have been offered in individual, group, family, couples, and e-therapy formats across her career. In the room she helps people reconnect with themselves and plan changes that fit their lives.
The work is geared toward practical steps and emotional clarity.
What Zaya works with
Everything Zaya lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Zaya's practice.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Zaya commonly uses Gestalt work to help people become more aware of feelings and present-moment experience, which can make patterns clearer and easier to change. She also uses motivational interviewing to gently explore readiness for change and help people find internal motivation for taking steps toward goals.Finding the right approach is a team effort. She will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try techniques that fit. Clients and the therapist check in and adapt methods as progress is made so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well for a shorter check-in or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can support ongoing reflection between appointments or provide a quick way to share updates. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity of care.
Questions people ask about Zaya
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting struggles, bipolar concerns, ADHD, career questions, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical. She favors straightforward conversation that helps people identify emotions, set goals, and take small steps forward.
What is her experience working in counseling?
She has 16 years of experience in the helping field and has practiced as a psychotherapist for over a decade.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LMHC and LPCC credentials and is based in California.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as formats for online work.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy match?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.