Zaya Kuykendall

Zaya Kuykendall offers a practical, compassionate approach to therapy that helps people find balance and reconnect with themselves. With 16 years of professional experience, she supports clients working through stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping disorders, parenting challenges, anger management, self-esteem difficulties, career struggles, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other life transitions.

She takes time to help clients regulate emotions, clarify goals and priorities, and identify feelings that may be blocking forward motion. Her method is collaborative - she shares observations and feedback while inviting openness and honest dialogue so clients can build stability and pursue meaningful change.

Clinically, Zaya draws from an eclectic mix of approaches with strong influences from Gestalt therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy. She concentrates on strengthening personal resources, resolving unfinished business that creates roadblocks, and guiding a journey toward greater self-awareness and closure. She frames therapy as treatment for mental wounds, emphasizing identification, a plan of care, and opportunities to heal.

Zaya works with both children and adults and offers individual, group, family, couples, and e-therapy sessions. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2000) and a Master of Arts in Professional Counseling (2004). She is licensed to practice as a mental health counselor in New York (LMHC 005925) and as a professional counselor in New Jersey (LPC 37PC00878700), and she is based in Utah.