- CBT
- DBT skills
- Client-Centered
About Zhanna
Zhanna Cohen is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She has practiced since earning her Florida LMHC in 2013 and now provides therapy from Connecticut. Her stated focus areas include relationships, depression, career concerns, coping with life changes, addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting, and self-esteem issues, along with work on phobias and attachment concerns.
She frames sessions as practical conversations that center the client's needs. She uses clear, direct talk to help people understand what is getting in the way of their goals. Sessions may include skills practice, thought work, behavior experiments, and reflective discussion to address current problems and patterns.
Her background includes a mix of clinical approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to challenge unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are offered to manage strong emotions and impulsivity. Client-Centered techniques emphasize listening and developing clear goals together.
Zhanna also draws on existential and mindfulness-based ideas to help people examine values and build moment-to-moment coping skills. She has experience supporting people facing adoption and foster care issues, family of origin problems, gender dysphoria concerns, hoarding tendencies, and mood disorders including Seasonal Affective Disorder. Sessions are offered in English and Russian, and international clients are accepted.
She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The practice uses a subscription payment model that can be canceled at any time, with fees that vary by location.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and collaborating to identify what matters most to the client. In practice this means sessions start by clarifying goals and building a plan together. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. Online CBT sessions often include homework, thought records, and short experiments between meetings. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and reducing impulsive actions, such as breathing techniques, grounding, and emotion regulation exercises.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will help determine which methods fit a person’s needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration may mean mixing CBT skill practice with Client-Centered goal setting and DBT skills training as needed.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel. Those practical benefits can help people maintain regular work on social anxiety, phobias, mood, or relationship concerns without promising a particular service format.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Florida, Connecticut
Languages
English, Russian
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with relationship issues, depression, career concerns, coping with life changes, addictions, trauma and self-esteem problems. The profile also notes work on phobias, attachment issues, and parenting topics.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style blends practical skill-building and reflective conversation. Expect thought work, behavior experiments, emotion regulation skills, and goal setting in sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience and has held a Florida LMHC since 2013 before working from Connecticut.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC, with Florida LMHC and Connecticut LPC noted, and practices from Connecticut.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Russian. International clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work?
Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees vary by location.
How do I begin a first session?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling the first session.