- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
About Masi
Masi Kadzai is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and mood concerns. She works with individuals coping with grief, trauma, relationship struggles, sleep problems, and issues like attention differences and addiction. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at making day-to-day life feel more manageable.
Masi draws on approaches like acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior methods, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on useful skills, small changes, and clear goals rather than abstract theory. She invites clients to name what matters and build steps toward those priorities. In the room she listens for patterns that keep difficulties going.
Then she offers tools to change unhelpful thoughts, manage strong emotions, and respond differently to stress. Parents can expect concrete strategies for handling overwhelm, improving routines, and addressing intimacy or anger when they arise. Her background includes six years of clinical experience and licensure as an LCSW in Illinois.
That experience includes helping people through trauma, depression, bipolar concerns, and life transitions. She emphasizes collaboration and keeps sessions focused on what the client wants to work on now. Masi offers sessions in English and works with international clients as well.
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on therapist availability.
What Masi works with
Everything Masi lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Masi helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Control issues
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Masi lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How ACT, CBT, and DBT translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take small, committed steps toward those values. It is useful when life feels stuck or when parenting and relationship choices clash with personal goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on noticing patterns in thoughts and behaviors and testing new responses. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and parenting stress by offering concrete exercises and behavior plans.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. These skills can reduce intense reactions, impulsivity, and anger in daily life.
Masi treats finding the best approach as a collaborative process. She talks with each person about goals, tries out tools, and adjusts methods to fit what works. Clients and therapist decide together which strategies to emphasize over time.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people practice skills and use visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible for busy parents, people in different time zones, and those who prefer not to use video.
Questions people ask about Masi
What concerns does Masi help with?
Masi supports people with stress, anxiety, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, mood disorders, addiction, sleep disruption, anger, and relationship or intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a practical, goal-oriented style that emphasizes skills and small steps. Sessions focus on what the client wants to change and on building workable routines.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Masi has six years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, depression, bipolar disorder, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Illinois.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a time based on therapist availability.
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