Zaya Kuykendall

Zaya Kuykendall is a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional clinical counselor who helps people find balance when life feels overwhelming. She invites clients to reset and reconnect with themselves. Zaya focuses on emotion regulation, goal-setting, and practical steps toward change.

Her style is collaborative and direct. She encourages openness and honest conversation so clients can assess priorities and decide what to try next. Sessions emphasize building strengths and gaining clarity about feelings and roadblocks.

Zaya uses an eclectic approach with strong influences from Gestalt, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy. She offers support and feedback while helping people identify unfinished business and work toward closure. Therapy often centers on growing self-awareness and problem solving.

She has worked in the helping professions for more than 16 years and has been a practicing psychotherapist since 2004. Her training includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling. Over time she has focused on domestic violence, child development and parenting, familial discord, women’s issues, and substance use concerns.

Zaya has experience offering individual, group, family, couples, and e-therapy work with children and adults. Her approach aims to treat what she describes as mental wounds by identifying issues, planning care, and helping clients heal and move forward.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Gestalt-influenced work focuses on present-moment awareness. It helps people notice how they respond in the moment and learn new ways to act. This approach is useful for emotion regulation and understanding patterns that keep someone stuck.

Motivational interviewing is a conversational approach that helps clarify a person's own reasons to change. It supports building commitment and small steps forward, which can be helpful for addictions, habit change, and ambivalence about next steps.

Solution-focused therapy concentrates on practical goals and immediate actions. Sessions often identify what is already working and expand those strengths to overcome specific roadblocks like stress, relationship problems, or parenting challenges.

Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will work with each person to match techniques to their goals, needs, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on progress and feedback.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats can vary. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and making scheduling more flexible. They also allow for shorter check-ins when needed and let people use a quiet time in their day rather than rearranging everything around an appointment.