- Trauma informed
- Culturally responsive
- Strength based
About Zoya
Zoya McCants is a licensed mental health counselor who brings 17 years of clinical experience to her work. She holds the LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in New Jersey. Her practice centers on work and wellbeing alongside reproductive and women’s mental health concerns.
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges. Zoya also supports people dealing with fertility issues, pregnancy and postpartum changes, and life transitions that affect identity and purpose. Her approach pays attention to how systemic issues shape personal struggles.
Zoya uses a mix of trauma-informed, somatic, cognitive-behavioral, and narrative methods. In practice this means she helps clients notice how stress shows up in the body, reframe unhelpful thoughts, and tell more empowering stories about their lives. Sessions focus on practical skills and deeper meaning work as needed.
She emphasizes culturally responsive and liberatory care. That looks like taking a person’s background, culture, and experiences of bias into account during care. Zoya often focuses on self-love, communication, forgiveness, and healing from guilt and shame.
Her style is collaborative and strength-based. Clients work with her to identify goals, build coping strategies, and recover resilience. People interested in beginning therapy complete an intake and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Trauma-informed work focuses on understanding how past hurts affect current reactions. It helps people recognize triggers, learn pacing for difficult memories, and rebuild a sense of safety in daily life.Somatic techniques pay attention to bodily signals and movement. These methods help people notice tension, use grounding exercises, and reduce physical symptoms of stress and panic.
Cognitive-behavioral ideas involve spotting unhelpful thoughts and practicing different behaviors. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, panic symptoms, and stress management.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up, then choose methods together and adjust them over time to suit progress and comfort.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and maintain continuity during life changes. It often reduces commuting time and lets people schedule shorter check-ins when needed. Confirm the specific session options available with the therapist before booking to make sure they fit your routine and needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
17+ years
Credentials
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Zoya works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and coaching for life transitions. She also helps with fertility concerns, postpartum and reproductive mental health, and panic symptoms.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and strength-based. She blends body-focused, cognitive, and narrative techniques while centering cultural context and lived experience.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 17 years of experience working in mental health settings and as a counselor educator and clinical supervisor.
What credentials and where does she practice?
She holds the LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in New Jersey as a licensed mental health counselor and licensed professional counselor.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.