Maryann Kenney, LCSW

Maryann Kenney is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of practice in New York. She helps people facing depression, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, and grief. Her work often centers on life changes that come with midlife, caregiving, and long-term illness.

She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps for feeling steadier. Sessions aim to clarify what matters, reduce isolation, and strengthen day-to-day coping. Conversation is direct and warm, with attention to how past losses or attachment wounds affect current choices.

Maryann has long experience supporting older adults, women, and professionals under work-related stress. She is familiar with the emotional demands of journalism and photojournalism, and with challenges faced by people living with chronic health conditions or facing end-of-life concerns.

Her style is collaborative; she and the client set goals together and try approaches that fit the person’s life. Work often includes building skills for managing strong emotions, improving communication, and finding clearer purpose in midlife transitions.

People come to Maryann for help with abandonment issues, loneliness, grief, or a sense of emptiness. She also supports coping after trauma, navigating family conflict, and adjusting to aging or serious illness. Her aim is to help clients move toward greater self-understanding and practical resilience.

How evidence-based approaches fit into online care

Maryann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical coping and emotional regulation. One common approach she employs helps people notice unhelpful patterns in thinking and behavior, then practice new responses that reduce anxiety and low mood. Another commonly used method concentrates on processing difficult memories and improving how attachment wounds affect current relationships, which can ease lingering trauma and abandonment concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That process may include trying a few approaches and adjusting based on what helps most.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten travel time, and offer flexible scheduling for people juggling work, caregiving, or health issues. It can also allow a shorter check-in when needed and reduce the need for camera use when that is preferred.