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- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness techniques
About Maya
LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) in New York with 15 years of experience. Maya Handwerk focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, anger, career issues, bipolar disorder, depression and coping with life changes. She also works with related areas such as abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, blended family challenges, and multicultural stressors. Maya offers therapy in English.
Maya draws on straightforward, people-focused methods. She uses client-centered conversations to understand what matters most to each person. Cognitive behavioral tools are used to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing techniques come in for managing strong emotions and clarifying goals.
Her background includes direct advocacy and clinical work across education, legal, and community settings. She has collaborated with psychiatrists on anxiety treatment and has experience with children in crisis and emotionally disturbed children within past roles. That history informs how she notices patterns and practical needs in sessions.
Sessions are aimed at helping people handle immediate stress and make small changes that add up. Maya often combines short-term solution-focused steps with deeper psychodynamic work when exploring relationship patterns and past experiences. Expect clear discussion, practical strategies, and attention to cultural context, especially for African American and Caribbean clients as mentioned in her experience.
To begin, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling steps before booking. The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time for session payment.
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Therapeutic approaches used in remote work
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person in front of the therapist. It uses reflective listening and open questions to help someone clarify concerns and priorities. This approach is useful for relationship stress, parenting challenges, and navigating life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and depression and to change unhelpful behavior patterns. Mindfulness therapy adds attention training and breathing or grounding practices to manage strong emotions and increase present-moment awareness.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide whether short-term, skills-focused work or deeper psychodynamic exploration fits their goals. This conversation happens together and can shift as needs change.
Confirm the current session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific online options. Many people find remote sessions useful because they can fit therapy into a busy week, use shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. The therapist's clinical approaches translate to remote conversations and skill practice, with a focus on concrete strategies and goal setting.
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Areas of expertise
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, anger, career problems, bipolar and depression, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
She combines client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness, motivational interviewing and solution-focused steps depending on what the person needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 15 years of direct advocacy and clinical experience across education, legal, and community settings.
What credential and location does she hold?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - licensed in New York and practices from that location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.