Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
How Maya works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- New York
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Maya
Maya Handwerk is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, anger, depression, and big life changes. She aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. Her tone is warm and matter-of-fact to put people at ease right away.
Maya draws on plain, workaday tools in sessions. She listens first and helps people set small, doable goals. She uses talk-based methods that focus on problems in the present and steps people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her background includes clinical work and direct advocacy in education, legal, and community settings. That variety shaped her ability to manage crisis moments and coordinate with other professionals when needed. She has experience working with parental and family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and with people coping with trauma and post-traumatic stress.
Maya uses Client-Centered approaches to follow what matters most to each person. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build different coping skills. Mindfulness and motivational techniques appear in sessions when clients want tools for stress and focus.
She keeps cultural context in mind, with attention to African American and Caribbean communities. Maya practices in New York as an LCSW. Sessions are offered in English and are available through a variety of online formats.
What Maya works with
Everything Maya lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Maya's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Young adult issues
Approaches Maya lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Maya often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which means she follows what matters most to each person and shapes sessions around their priorities. This approach is helpful when someone needs a steady, empathetic listener and a pace set by the client.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different behaviors to reduce anxiety, anger, and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Maya will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and try techniques that fit. If an approach isn't working, she adapts the plan in collaboration with the client so sessions stay useful and focused.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video helps when visual connection matters, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are useful for quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare, or busy days while keeping the focus on practical progress.
Questions people ask about Maya
What concerns does Maya help with?
Maya supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, grief, depression, bipolar concerns, relationship strain, parenting questions, trauma and coping with life changes.
How would she describe her way of working?
Her style is straightforward and listening-led. Sessions focus on immediate problems, small goals, and practical skills to try between meetings.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 15 years of experience delivering clinical services and direct advocacy in education, legal, and community settings.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in New York.
Which languages are supported for therapy?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions may take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Maya?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.