- Anxiety and panic support
- Culturally responsive care
- Strength-based collaboration
About Zoya
Zoya McCants is a licensed mental health counselor with 17 years of experience. She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in New Jersey. Zoya focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, and coaching, and she works with people dealing with panic disorder and panic attacks.
Her clinical work centers women and birthing people facing reproductive challenges, infertility, pregnancy and postpartum transitions, and related identity shifts. She uses a mix of trauma-informed, somatic, cognitive-behavioral, and narrative approaches tailored to each person’s needs. Zoya emphasizes culturally responsive care and recognizes how systemic forces shape mental health.
In sessions she focuses on practical skills and personal meaning. She helps people build communication skills, address attachment or abandonment concerns, and manage control issues that show up in daily life. She also supports clients dealing with guilt, shame, forgiveness, and the emotional fallout from infidelity or divorce.
Zoya describes her style as collaborative and strength based. She helps clients reconnect with their resilience and set achievable goals. That work often includes short-term strategies for symptom relief and longer-term efforts to shift life purpose and relationships.
People seeking help with first responder stress, fertility-related distress, multicultural concerns, or post-traumatic stress can expect an approach that honors their lived experience. She aims to create an affirming space where practical change and narrative healing happen together.
Approaches for anxiety, trauma, and life transitions
Zoya integrates trauma-informed care into her work by helping people notice how past experiences shape current reactions. This often includes grounding and body-based strategies to reduce overwhelming sensations and make daily life feel more manageable.She also uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. These methods can be useful for managing panic symptoms, lowering anxiety, and improving day-to-day functioning.
Narrative techniques are part of her toolbox as well. That work helps people reframe difficult stories about themselves, healing shame, and rebuilding a sense of purpose after loss or life change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and the challenges you bring, then try methods that fit your needs. Adjustments are made together if something isn’t working or if priorities change.
Many people appreciate the practical benefits of online therapy for fitting care into busy lives, like cutting down on travel time and making it easier to schedule sessions around work or parenting. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current options before booking so you know what to expect. Licensed professionals can help adapt techniques to the format you choose and focus on skills that transfer into everyday routines.
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 Zoya address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, panic disorder and panic attacks, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship struggles. Additional areas include fertility-related distress, first responder issues, and multicultural concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and strength based. She blends practical skill building with story work to help people manage symptoms and find meaning.
What is her professional background?
She has 17 years of clinical experience and works as a counselor educator and clinical supervisor in addition to providing therapy.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC and LPC credentials and practices in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.