About Connie
Connie Zmijewski helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, grief and loss, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, and issues around intimacy and sleep. She also supports people dealing with anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Connie holds an LCMHC, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina, and brings two decades of counseling experience to her work. Connie approaches sessions in a straightforward, respectful way.
How Connie works
She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations focus on practical steps people can try between sessions, and on understanding patterns that keep problems stuck. Her methods draw from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among others.
That means she mixes acceptance and action, listens without judgment, and introduces tools to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She tailors techniques to the person’s needs rather than using a single recipe. Connie aims to make therapy collaborative.
She will help set clear goals and check progress along the way. Sessions often include skills practice, perspective shifts, and planning for real-life situations. Clients can expect calm, direct guidance and steady support while they try new approaches.
Her background as a counselor over 20 years informs a practical, caring style that focuses on what helps in daily life.
Connie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Connie works with
The areas below are the ones Connie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How Connie’s approach translates to online therapy
Connie uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice what matters to them and take concrete steps toward valued goals, even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. Client-Centered Therapy is another core approach where she prioritizes listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and respected as they work through problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy adds practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns that affect mood, sleep, and relationships.Choosing a therapeutic approach is a team effort. She discusses options with clients, matches techniques to the person’s goals, and adjusts the plan as progress or needs change. This collaborative process helps people find what actually fits their life and challenges.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to send quick updates, try brief coaching, or keep momentum between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy week and try different formats to see what works best.
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