- Trauma informed
- Somatic approaches
- Narrative work
About Zoya
Zoya McCants is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience based in New Jersey. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, and coaching. She also works with issues tied to guilt and shame, attachment and abandonment, communication breakdowns, infertility, and life purpose.
She centers care on women and birthing people navigating infertility, pregnancy and postpartum transitions, loss, trauma, and identity changes across the lifespan. Her practice pays attention to how systemic challenges shape personal struggles. She offers approaches that combine trauma-informed, somatic, cognitive-behavioral, and narrative methods.
Sessions include practical conversations about self-worth, communication skills, and repairing relationship patterns. She brings attention to the body when trauma and intense emotions are present. She uses narrative techniques to help people make sense of their stories and identify next steps.
Her work emphasizes culturally responsive, liberatory perspectives and acknowledges the effects of prejudice and discrimination on mental health. She describes her style as collaborative and strength-based, helping people build on existing resilience and practical strategies for day-to-day life.
Clients are guided toward clearer goals, new ways to manage anxiety and panic, and steps for addressing guilt and shame without judgment. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s matching flow to choose online therapy options, complete a short questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online sessions
Trauma-informed care focuses on recognizing how past harm affects present reactions. In practice this means pacing work carefully, checking in about bodily responses, and using grounding techniques to manage strong feelings. This can help with trauma, panic, and long-standing shame.Somatic work brings attention to bodily sensations and simple movement or breathing practices. It helps people notice how emotions show up in the body and learn ways to reduce physical tension that keeps anxiety or shame active.
Cognitive-behavioral techniques look at thoughts, feelings, and behaviors together. They offer concrete exercises for identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, testing beliefs, and building small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can change as the work progresses and new priorities emerge.
Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography did not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, avoid travel time, or have shorter check-ins when appropriate. They can also allow for steadier weekly work during life transitions like postpartum recovery or infertility treatment planning.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, and coaching. Additional focuses include guilt and shame, attachment and abandonment, infertility concerns, and post-traumatic stress.
How does she approach shame and guilt in sessions?
She uses trauma-informed, somatic, cognitive-behavioral, and narrative methods to help people understand and work through guilt and shame. Conversations often include practical steps and attention to bodily responses.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of clinical experience working with people on trauma, reproductive mental health, relationship concerns, and mood symptoms.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices from New Jersey. The credential expansions shown are New York LMHC and Pennsylvania LPC as listed.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are used for sessions?
The original biography did not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.