Mayra Zavalza, Therapist
Mayra Zavalza, LMFT, helps children, teens, and adults across California heal from trauma, navigate emotional challenges, and reclaim their sense of self. Practicing at LifeStance Health, she provides individual therapy to clients ages 6 and up, creating a supportive and culturally sensitive environment where healing and growth are possible. With a warm and grounded approach, Mayra supports individuals working through anxiety, depression, gender identity exploration, and post-partum mental health challenges.
Mayra specializes in treating trauma and PTSD, particularly as it relates to childhood abuse, intimate partner violence, and family violence. Her work is deeply informed by the complexities of these experiences and the lasting impact they can have on a person’s emotional and relational well-being. She works with clients to process their trauma safely and gradually, offering evidence-based interventions like Exposure Therapy and trauma-focused techniques that foster resilience, clarity, and a renewed sense of empowerment.
As a bilingual, first-generation Latina therapist, Mayra is passionate about serving underrepresented populations, including the LGBTQ+ community, women, and military veterans. She also offers gender-affirmative medical readiness evaluations and parenting support, tailoring her work to meet each client’s specific needs and goals. Her therapeutic style blends psychodynamic understanding with neuroscience-informed care, allowing clients to build insight, emotional regulation, and meaningful change.
Outside of her work, Mayra finds joy in life’s simple pleasures—coffee and hot sauce being two of her favorites. Her authentic, human approach to therapy is shaped by her values of empathy, compassion, and cultural humility.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 6-75+
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Sexual trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- Ability status
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- First responder stress
- Gender affirming evaluations
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Immigration/cultural status
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Military & veteran
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Self-esteem
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- Blue Shield of California (D)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Central Health Plan of California
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- Health Net (MHN)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Kaiser Permanente (SoCal)
- Lakeside Medical (Regal Medical)
- Lucet (SCAN Health Plan)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Education
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Reiss-Davis Graduate School
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California Baptist College
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California State University - San Bernardino
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Questions
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Mayra Zavalza. You can also call 858-279-1223 to have someone assist you.
Mayra Zavalza generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 858-279-1223 to find out Mayra Zavalza's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Mayra Zavalza:
- Aetna
- Blue Shield of California (D)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Central Health Plan of California
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Elevance Health (Anthem BC) (D)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- Health Net (MHN)
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente (NorCal)
- Kaiser Permanente (SoCal)
- Lakeside Medical (Regal Medical)
- Lucet (SCAN Health Plan)
- Magellan (D)
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 858-279-1223 to see how we can help.
Mayra Zavalza is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Mayra Zavalza works at:
Yes, Mayra Zavalza does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Mayra Zavalza is currently offering in-office visits at the following location:
- English
- Spanish