Mayra Vega, LCSW

Mayra Vega is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New York with 15 years of experience in the mental health field. She focuses on common concerns like depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and relationship problems, and also addresses LGBT and gender-related issues. She speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese.

She has worked in settings that involved homelessness, immigration challenges, and family-of-origin conflicts. That background informs how she talks about practical obstacles to getting care and everyday stresses people face. Sessions tend to focus on concrete steps and realistic goals rather than abstract theory.

Her style is client-centered and strength-based. She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based work to help people identify patterns, test new behaviors, and cope with emotional reactions. Mindfulness and Motivational Interviewing also appear in her toolkit for building moment-to-moment awareness and resolving ambivalence about change.

Mayra makes space for conversations about identity, intimacy-related concerns, parenting pressures, grief, and coping with life changes. She is explicit that certain areas are outside her training, and she does not claim expertise in OCD, autism, sexual dysfunctions, borderline personality disorder, or neurocognitive disorders.

Practical matters like housing instability, immigration status, and caregiver stress are part of her experience. People who want a straightforward, problem-focused clinician who also pays attention to cultural and identity issues may find her approach useful.

Approach and how online sessions fit into everyday life