Aiyana Ma'at, LICSW

Aiyana Ma'at is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) in the District of Columbia with 24 years of counseling experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected and want clearer thinking and steadier relationships. Her work centers on practical change as well as understanding the forces behind feelings. Her style is warm, honest, and collaborative. Sessions aim to slow things down, name what’s happening, and try small changes that shift daily life. She combines attention to early relationship patterns with hands-on tools for managing anxiety, low mood, and stress. Aiyana uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at how early bonds shape present reactions. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Mindfulness practices are woven in to improve emotional regulation and reduce reactivity. She has long experience with relationship challenges, communication problems, codependency, infidelity, blended family issues, and separation or divorce. She also supports people facing workplace pressures, life transitions, isolation, and questions of self-worth and identity. People come for both insight and skills. Aiyana helps identify patterns tied to family of origin and culture, then works with each person to build clearer boundaries, stronger communication, and self-compassion. The aim is steady, sustainable change that fits everyday life.

How approach and online work come together

Aiyana uses relationship-focused methods that translate well to conversation-based sessions. Imago Relationship Therapy helps people learn new ways to listen and speak to each other, focusing on empathy and understanding the partner's inner experience. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current reactions and relationship patterns, which helps when addressing trust, abandonment, or insecurity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, and then tailor methods to fit those needs in collaboration with the client.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which online formats are available. Many people find online sessions helpful for fitting therapy into a busy week, holding shorter check-ins between appointments, or joining from different locations when travel or schedules make in-person visits difficult. The focus is on practical ways to make therapy a consistent part of daily life while using methods that support clearer communication and emotional understanding.