Works with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Connie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Connie
Connie Zmijewski is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people manage anger, relationship strain, grief, anxiety, and stress. She works with adults on issues like parenting concerns, intimacy difficulties, sleep problems, self-esteem, and career stress. Her approach centers on practical steps and steady support.
She emphasizes each person’s strengths and choices as the starting point for change. Connie believes people know their stories best and that therapy should build on what already works for them.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals, skill building, and honest conversation. She uses methods drawn from acceptance and commitment work and cognitive behavioral strategies to help with unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns. Her style is warm and direct.
She listens first, then offers tools and experiments clients can try between sessions. Clients are encouraged to notice values, set small goals, and practice new ways of responding to anger or stress. Connie has twenty years of counseling experience and holds the North Carolina Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential, LCMHC.
She brings a steady, experienced presence and a practical emphasis on coping and resilience. People who choose to work with her can expect straightforward talk, goal-focused sessions, and collaborative planning. She supports clients in making changes at a pace that fits their life and responsibilities.
What Connie works with
Everything Connie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Connie's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Connie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anger, stress, and grief when the goal is to act in line with personal values rather than getting stuck in avoidance.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete tools to shift unhelpful patterns. CBT techniques often help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger by changing routines and testing new responses.
Finding the right approach happens together. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, try different methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to each person’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls let therapists observe tone and expression during longer sessions. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter, more frequent contact and can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while managing work, family, and other commitments.
Questions people ask about Connie
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports adults dealing with anger, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and related life stressors.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and direct. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and teach practical skills clients can practice between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has twenty years of professional counseling experience working with a range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds the North Carolina Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor credential, LCMHC, and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.