About Zakkiyyah
Zakkiyyah Sally is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey who focuses on practical, strengths-based care. She offers straightforward support for stress, anxiety, relationship strain, family concerns, trauma and abuse, and major life changes. She aims to make the first step feel less overwhelming for people seeking help.
Zakkiyyah uses clear, goal-oriented methods to help clients manage symptoms and build coping skills. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to break down unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes.
Background and approach
She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy work to address distress from past events in a paced way. Sessions often include skill practice, problem-solving, and checking what is or isn't helping in daily life. She brings a creative approach that can include individual and group formats.
Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through worries and try new ways of coping. Her additional focus areas include attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, and workplace concerns. She also addresses forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, post-traumatic stress, self-love, and women's issues when these come up in sessions.
Zakkiyyah has six years of clinical experience and works with people at different points in life. She supports English-speaking clients and accepts international clients for remote work. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session once the match is made.
Online approaches for trauma and thought patterns
Zakkiyyah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. CBT sessions often focus on simple experiments and practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.She also works with Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past traumatic events. This approach moves at the client's pace and focuses on safety, grounding skills, and processing memories in manageable steps to reduce stress related to trauma.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges to decide whether CBT, trauma-focused work, or a mix will fit best. That collaborative planning helps tailor sessions to what the person needs most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation for skill coaching and deeper processing. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when written reflection helps the session. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English