A. Maya Kaye, DSW, LCSW, LMSW(She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Maya Kaye is a neuroscience-informed, compassion-focused psychotherapist, researcher, and professor who works with adults in New York State. She supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship concerns, identity exploration, and major life transitions.

As a South Asian and multilingual clinician, Dr. Kaye brings cultural humility, warmth, and deep respect for each client’s lived experience into the therapy room.

Her approach is grounded in the belief that meaningful therapy begins with compassion, safety, and authentic human connection. Dr. Kaye helps clients better understand their nervous systems, recognize protective patterns, and build greater emotional regulation, self-trust, and inner clarity. She integrates mind-body approaches that support regulation across the mind, brain, and body, while also creating space for insight, reflection, and personal growth.

Dr. Kaye has formal training in internal family systems, compassion-focused therapy, psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization-based therapy, and mindfulness-based practices. Her work is collaborative, relational, and individualized to each client’s needs. She believes therapy is not only about reducing symptoms, but also about helping clients reconnect with their wholeness, values, relationships, and sense of possibility.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Kaye is engaged in teaching, research, and scholarship. Her academic interests include health disparities, compassion-focused interventions, and inclusive approaches to mental health care. Her work is guided by a commitment to ethical, culturally responsive, and research-informed psychotherapy.