Mayra Vega, LCSW

Mayra Vega is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with 15 years of experience in the mental health field. She supports adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. Her work also covers LGBT issues, grief, parenting strains, and blended family issues.

She has helped people through big life changes like moves, career shifts, and caregiving demands. She has experience with homelessness and immigration-related challenges from past roles. Her background includes work across diverse communities and with a wide range of life stressors.

In sessions she uses straightforward, practical talk. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small steps that make day-to-day life more manageable. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to look at thoughts and behavior, and on attachment-focused thinking to understand close relationships.

Her style is client-centered and strengths-based. That means she pays attention to the person's goals and builds on what already works. She also uses mindfulness and motivational approaches to help people notice patterns and find motivation for change.

She is mindful of cultural and identity issues, including LGBT and gender concerns, and tries to avoid labels that feel stigmatizing. She does not list specific training for OCD, autism, sexual dysfunction, borderline personality disorder, or neurocognitive disorders. Prospective clients who want help with blended household challenges often begin by discussing practical routines, communication, and role expectations.

To start, she asks about current concerns and recent attempts to cope. Early sessions typically clarify goals and set small, achievable tasks to test new ways of relating and coping.