Maryann Kenney

Maryann Kenney, LCSW, works with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. She brings 25 years of clinical experience in New York to each session. Her style is collaborative and empathic, and she focuses on practical steps clients can use day to day.

Maryann often helps people navigating midlife shifts, chronic health concerns, or the emotional strain of caregiving and hospice issues. She also supports those coping with trauma, attachment worries, abandonment, and feelings of emptiness. Isolation and loneliness are among the concerns she addresses in her practice.

Her approach draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at building resilience and better coping. Sessions typically focus on clear goals, improved emotional regulation, and practical strategies for communicating and managing stress. Maryann emphasizes working together to find what helps in a person's real life.

She has long experience supporting older adults, women, young professionals, and people in high-pressure jobs such as journalism and photojournalism. That background informs how she helps clients balance work demands, purpose questions, and relationship stress.

Maryann aims to create a supportive setting where people can tell their stories and try new ways of handling difficult feelings. She guides clients toward greater self-understanding and tools they can use outside sessions to manage mood, cope with loss, and reduce isolation.

How evidence-based methods translate to online care

Maryann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and emotional understanding. One common approach she draws from teaches concrete coping tools and emotion regulation skills to help manage anxiety and depression in daily life. A second approach focuses on working through attachment and relationship patterns to improve communication and reduce loneliness and isolation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Maryann works with each person to identify goals and preferences and then adapts methods that fit those needs. Together they monitor progress and adjust the plan if something isn’t helping.

If you plan to pursue online therapy with her, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a client's day. They also let people access a therapist from another region, which can be helpful for those who live or work far from New York. Licensed professionals can tailor session length and frequency to match life demands and therapeutic goals.