Zaya Kuykendall , LMHC, LPCC

Zaya Kuykendall offers a calm, practical approach to therapy that centers on helping people regain balance and move forward. She frames change as a process of reconnecting with oneself - identifying priorities, regulating emotions, and clearing the obstacles that prevent progress. Her style values openness and honest collaboration, inviting clients to share thoughts and ideas so they can jointly determine the next steps.

Her work is informed by an eclectic mix of methods with strong influences from Gestalt therapy, motivational interviewing, and Solution Focus therapy. She provides supportive feedback while helping clients build personal strengths, achieve closure on unfinished business, and better identify their feelings. Sessions emphasize self-awareness and practical strategies to address everyday challenges and emotional roadblocks.

Kuykendall has worked in the helping field for more than fifteen years and has developed focused experience in areas such as domestic violence, child development and parenting, familial discord, women’s issues, and substance abuse. She offers therapy for children and adults across individual, group, family, couples, and e-therapy formats. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2000) and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling (2004).

Zaya Kuykendall holds professional credentials as an LMHC and an LPCC - LMHC stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor and LPCC stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor - and she frames therapy as care for mental wounds, using assessment, treatment planning, and sustained attention to foster healing and growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Gestalt therapy helps clients increase present-moment awareness and notice patterns that influence their experience - it is useful for understanding how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors fit together and for fostering self-awareness. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented method that supports a person’s own motivation to change by exploring ambivalence and strengthening commitment to chosen goals. Solution Focus therapy centers on identifying specific, practical steps and exceptions to problems to build on what is already working rather than focusing only on problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Zaya Kuykendall works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions over time so the work remains aligned with the client’s priorities and evolving circumstances.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit care into busy lives and to maintain continuity when schedules change. These formats offer flexibility, allow for consistent contact between appointments, and make evidence-based therapy accessible across different settings with licensed professionals and therapists who adapt their approaches to the online environment.