About Zoauntrist
Dr. Zoauntrist Oldham is a licensed professional counselor with 22 years of experience working in Georgia. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and self-esteem.
She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for people who are nervous about starting. Her approach centers on respect, sensitivity, and steady support. Clients can expect conversations tailored to their situation.
Dr. Oldham listens first and helps set clear, realistic goals.
Background and approach
She draws from different counseling methods to match what each person needs in the room. Sessions tend to focus on small, doable steps rather than long lists of homework. Her background includes work across mood concerns such as panic, postpartum depression, and post-traumatic stress.
She also helps with practical stresses like caregiving strain, cancer-related emotional needs, and life transitions like divorce or separation. Communication problems, guilt, shame, and issues around body image and self-love are other areas she addresses. Dr.
Oldham uses evidence-informed techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and client-centered work. That variety allows her to adapt tone and tools to fit each person. She emphasizes collaboration and works at the client’s pace.
When someone reaches out, she helps them clarify what matters most and builds a plan that fits day-to-day life. The focus is on practical change, emotional understanding, and rebuilding confidence over time.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them. It focuses on values and small committed actions to move toward a meaningful life, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life purpose questions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for panic, mood disorders, and anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on identifying and expressing emotions to improve connections and reduce distress, which can be useful when relationships or communication are a core concern.Choosing the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will talk through goals, try a few strategies, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process means techniques are combined and adapted rather than following a single rigid method.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and seeing emotional cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief skills practice, and support between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving routines while using approaches that match each person's needs.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English