About Brian
Brian Zayman is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 26 years of experience to online therapy. He offers a straightforward, collaborative style that helps people manage stress and anxiety. He meets adults and couples and focuses on practical steps to feel more stable and in control.
He uses a mix of approaches rather than one fixed method. Sessions often center on learning new coping skills, improving communication, and understanding patterns that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
He encourages people to set their own goals and measure progress in ways that matter to them. Brian has worked in a range of settings and has seen many common struggles such as depression, trauma and abuse, relationship conflict, and addiction. He also helps with issues like low self-esteem, anger, life transitions, caregiving stress, and body image concerns.
His background includes a Master’s in Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work in Manhattan and long clinical experience in practice. In sessions he is informal and direct. He invites questions, welcomes difficult topics, and asks clients to be active partners in the work.
Typical sessions include talking through recent problems, trying new ways of responding, and checking whether those changes are helpful. People who choose him often want a therapist who balances thoughtful listening with concrete suggestions. He combines psychodynamic understanding with solution-focused strategies to help people reduce distress and move forward.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what each person needs. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what he hears, and helps people clarify their goals and values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, stress, and relationship concerns.Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from painful stories they tell about their lives. By looking at these stories, clients can identify patterns and try new ways of acting and thinking. It often helps with issues like low self-esteem, attachment struggles, and coping with life changes.
Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice repeating patterns that show up in relationships and feelings. Discussing these patterns can bring new awareness and make it easier to choose different responses when stress or anger arises.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. A therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to your needs, goals, and preferences rather than using a single fixed method. You and the therapist can try different strategies and check what actually helps.
Online sessions make therapy more flexible. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and deeper exchanges. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick coping skills, or when fitting therapy into a busy day. These options let you keep continuity with your therapist despite a busy schedule.
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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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