Mayra Vega, LCSW

Mayra Vega is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New York with 15 years of experience in mental health. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, trauma, and major life changes. She also supports people navigating LGBT concerns and relationship struggles.

Her background includes work with homelessness, immigration-related stress, and family of origin problems. She frames care around each person’s strengths and culture, aiming for practical steps rather than labels. Her tone is supportive and direct, focused on what a person can do next.

In sessions she uses a client-centered approach and draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment ideas to address how people think, feel, and connect. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in her toolkit to build motivation and attention to the present moment. She adapts methods to match each person’s needs and goals.

Mayra emphasizes respect and sensitivity for diverse identities, including gender questions and LGBT-related matters. She notes she does not have specific training in OCD, autism, sexual dysfunctions, borderline personality disorder, or neurocognitive disorders, and she shapes referrals when a different resource would better meet a person’s needs.

People who want a practical, compassionate approach to midlife transitions, caregiver stress, parenting strain, or grief may find her style helpful. She communicates in English, Spanish, and Portuguese and works with adults across a range of life challenges.

How Mayra’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections. In online sessions this looks like talking through patterns in close relationships and practicing new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions; sessions often include simple skills and experiments to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness practice helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away, which can reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Mayra treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss which methods fit a person’s goals, values, and daily life. She adjusts pacing and tools so they feel useful rather than theoretical.

The practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and reducing travel time. It can make it easier to have shorter check-ins during a workday or to join from another location when leaving home is difficult. Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available for scheduling.