Zaya Kuykendall, LMHC, LPCC

Zaya Kuykendall is a psychotherapist with 16 years in the helping field and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling. She brings a steady, practical approach to therapy and focuses on helping people find balance when life feels overwhelming. Zaya emphasizes openness and honest conversation as the basis for change.

She aims to help clients reconnect with themselves, notice and name emotions, and set clear goals. Sessions emphasize building personal strengths and working through unfinished issues that keep people stuck. Zaya describes therapy as a way to treat mental wounds so they can heal rather than fester.

Her work draws on several approaches, including Gestalt, motivational interviewing, and Solution Focus therapy. She uses those methods to offer support, feedback, and practical steps clients can try between sessions. The emphasis is on moving forward with small, doable changes.

Over the years she has developed experience around domestic violence, child development and parenting, familial conflict, women’s issues, and substance use. That background informs how she looks at stress, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, and life transitions.

Zaya encourages a collaborative relationship where therapist and client share ideas and choose a path together. Her style is direct but supportive, aiming to create stability so clients can pursue goals and build a calmer daily life.

Evidence-informed approaches for online therapy

Her work blends Gestalt, motivational interviewing, and Solution Focus therapy into practical steps clients can try. Gestalt helps people increase awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily responses in the moment so they can make different choices. Motivational interviewing emphasizes exploring ambivalence and strengthening a person’s own reasons for change, which can help with addictions and other behavior shifts. Solution Focus therapy concentrates on small goals and concrete solutions, useful for stress, relationship problems, and coping with life changes.

Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences and then try techniques that fit. That process may involve adjusting methods as progress is made so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking, as specific online formats were not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. Many people find virtual sessions help them stay consistent and apply tools from therapy directly into daily life.