Connie Zmijewski, LCMHC
North Carolina · 20 years in practice
Connie Zmijewski is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and issues with self-esteem.
License and registration
- LCMHC, North Carolina
- 5371 · expires June 2027
- NPI
- 1427083864 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Connie
Connie Zmijewski is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and issues with self-esteem. She listens without judgment and aims to support people who want clearer direction and better coping skills. Her approach is practical and grounded in everyday language so parents and busy adults can follow along.
Connie draws on two decades of counseling experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
Background and approach
She emphasizes that clients are the experts on their own lives and helps them notice strengths they already have. Sessions often focus on small, manageable steps people can try between meetings. Her work includes helping people navigate career shifts, sleep problems, anger, intimacy-related matters, and the challenges that come with caregiving or chronic illness.
She also addresses concerns tied to adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism spectrum traits, and codependency. The goal is to reduce overwhelm and build reliable coping tools. Clinically, Connie uses a mix of client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral techniques, and acceptance-based strategies.
She helps people learn new ways of thinking and acting while staying connected to personal values. Jungian and existential ideas may be brought in when exploring meaning and identity. Connie practices in North Carolina and provides sessions in English.
She accepts international clients and offers flexible online formats to fit different schedules. The first step is a short matching questionnaire to get connected and plan a session.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Connie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How online therapy uses practical approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, then test and change them with practical exercises to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and acceptance, giving people a safe space to talk and discover their own solutions. These approaches are used to address relationship issues, grief, stress, sleep problems, and coping with chronic illness.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences and try techniques that fit their situation. If something isn’t helping, the plan can change. This collaborative process helps find a method that feels useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone calls can be shorter check-ins with lower bandwidth, live chat supports real-time typed interaction, and messaging works well for ongoing support between sessions. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep continuity of care across work, family, and travel.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist help with?
Areas supported include relationship problems, family and parenting challenges, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career changes, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and many related issues.
How would you describe the therapy style and approach?
Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. The therapist uses client-centered listening alongside cognitive behavioral and acceptance-based techniques to build practical skills and clarify values.
What is the therapist's background and experience?
The therapist brings 20 years of counseling experience. She emphasizes clients' strengths and focuses on small, achievable changes to reduce overwhelm.
Where is this therapist licensed and located?
The clinician holds an LCMHC license in North Carolina and practices with that state listed as her location.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Connie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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