About Brian
Brian Zayman is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 26 years of experience. He helps people facing anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, trauma, and phobias. He aims to create an open space where concerns can be named and worked through.
He uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. His style emphasizes listening first, then helping clients set clear, achievable goals. He encourages people to take an active role in their progress and to bring whatever matters to sessions.
Background and approach
Brian has worked in many settings over a long career and has supported people with addiction, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. He also addresses more specific issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, and caregiving stress. His background includes a Master’s in Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work in Manhattan.
In session he balances insight with practical steps. He helps clients notice patterns, understand where they come from, and test new ways of responding. He pays attention to physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of wellbeing when that feels important to the person.
Brian offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging sessions. Scheduling follows the platform process and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. He sees adults and offers a straightforward, conversational approach.
Approach-driven care online
Brian often works from a client-centered stance, which means sessions begin with listening and follow the client’s priorities. This approach is useful when someone needs space to be heard and to set personal goals for change.He also draws on narrative therapy to help people rewrite unhelpful stories about themselves. That method can aid those dealing with body image, abandonment, or low self-esteem by separating problems from identity and exploring alternative perspectives.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Brian treats approach selection as collaborative - he will discuss options, try what seems promising, and adjust based on your goals and how you respond. This helps tailor sessions to issues like anxiety, trauma, phobias, or relationship concerns.
Online formats offer practical benefits for fitting therapy into life. Video calls replicate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be good for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people write between sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to choose the format that best matches day-to-day needs and comfort.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Nevada, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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