About Maya
Maya Daley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She focuses on helping people cope with stress and anxiety and supports those navigating career changes, family concerns, and shifting life circumstances. Her approach centers on practical steps clients can try between sessions.
Before earning her LMFT, she spent several years as a mental health clinician. That work included supporting veterans and people with substance use and other psychological challenges.
Background and approach
She also has experience helping young people who were struggling with anxiety and depression. Maya draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and works to make sessions clear and actionable. She aims to break worries into manageable pieces and to build simple routines that reduce overwhelm.
Conversations often focus on skills for calming panic, improving self-talk, and strengthening healthy habits. She also pays attention to how culture and family expectations shape stress and self-esteem. As a first-generation American, she understands how societal pressures and ideas about success can weigh on someone’s sense of belonging and purpose.
That perspective informs how she frames goals and supports change. In sessions clients can expect straightforward feedback, goal-focused planning, and options for practicing new ways of coping. Maya uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit therapy into busy schedules.
Her work is intended to help people move toward clearer priorities, steadier moods, and more self-acceptance.
Online approaches that address anxiety and life changes
Many of Maya's sessions use evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and clear steps. Cognitive approaches help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking patterns that fuel anxiety and low self-esteem; these are practical exercises that change how someone talks to themselves and responds to stressors. Behavioral techniques concentrate on small, doable actions that reduce avoidance and build confidence, which can help with panic, mood shifts, and goal-directed change. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maya collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts plans so the work fits the client's pace and priorities. Online formats offer real flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper exchange is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients send quick updates, ask questions between sessions, or work through small steps in writing. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to practice new skills where and when they are needed.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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