About Zaakia
Zaakia Bowens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She brings 16 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where people feel heard and treated with kindness.
She uses straightforward methods that focus on strengths. Sessions concentrate on what is going well and build on those skills to face current problems. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors.
How Zaakia works
Zaakia helps with relationship and intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, grief, anger, compassion fatigue, career questions, and self-esteem issues. Conversations are practical and goal-oriented, with tools people can use between sessions. She works at a steady pace that fits each person’s needs.
Her background includes many years supporting people through transitions and repeated stress. That experience informs how she tailors plans and coping strategies. She explains steps clearly and checks in often so progress is visible.
Clients connect by scheduling online sessions in the format that suits them. Zaakia prefers to match methods to the person, then adjust as needed. The focus is on workable steps toward feeling more in control and more able to cope.
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What Zaakia works with
The areas below are the ones Zaakia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Online approaches and how they fit your life
Zaakia uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors. CBT breaks down problems into manageable parts and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change unhelpful habits.She pairs that method with a strengths-based outlook, focusing on what already works for the person. That helps shape realistic goals and small steps toward change. The aim is to pick techniques that match someone’s needs and interests, then adapt them over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and suggest methods accordingly. Together they monitor progress and adjust the plan if something isn’t fitting well.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for quick check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit around work, family, and daily life.
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