About Zhanna
Zhanna Cohen uses a client-focused approach to help people navigate change and emotional struggles. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with 12 years of experience and works in Connecticut. Zhanna speaks English and Russian and aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
She draws on client-centered methods to create a respectful space where a person’s goals guide the work.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness strategies add practical skills for managing intense emotions and staying present. Zhanna has experience helping with relationship strain, anger, career concerns, depression, addiction-related issues, and coping with life changes.
She also supports people dealing with adoption and foster care histories, attachment questions, family of origin problems, fatherhood issues, and forgiveness work. Her background includes work with mood disorders, trauma and post-traumatic stress, and challenges like hoarding and phobias. Sessions are tailored to each person’s pace and needs.
She combines conversational listening with concrete exercises and homework when that helps. Many people find short skill-building practices between sessions useful for steady progress. Therapy can be conducted in a variety of online formats.
Zhanna helps English- and Russian-speaking clients explore goals and make changes with practical tools and steady support.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s goals and values. It helps people feel heard and guides therapy around what matters most to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts connect to feelings and actions, then teaches practical steps to change habits that cause pain. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills to help with intense feelings and impulsive reactions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Zhanna will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit those needs. That process is collaborative - she adjusts techniques and pacing based on feedback and progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can fit shorter moments between work or for ongoing coaching-style support. These options make it easier to schedule therapy, use skills in real time, and keep continuity even when life is busy.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Coaching
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Connecticut
- Languages
- English, Russian