About Vanessa
Vanessa Zulon is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety and other stressful life challenges. She approaches each person as the expert on their own life and focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Vanessa aims to create a calm, steady space where people can talk through what feels most urgent to them.
Her work covers a broad range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep troubles, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and challenges faced by veterans. Vanessa understands how identity and cultural background shape the healing process and brings that into session. Vanessa uses approaches that center the client's perspective and goals.
She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person. She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people manage stress and stay grounded during difficult moments. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused Therapy guide short-term goal setting and practical behavior changes.
Sessions are offered in English and are provided through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Vanessa practices in Florida and holds the LCSW credential - Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She encourages people to take small steps toward change and supports those steps with straightforward, collaborative planning.
If someone wants to begin, the typical first move is to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session. From there she and the client set priorities and decide what to work on together.
Approaches and Online Therapy Options
Vanessa uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person, listening closely and shaping sessions around clients' priorities. That approach helps when people feel stuck and need someone to help sort out their own goals.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple skills for managing stress, anxiety, and strong emotions. These practices are brief and practical, often focusing on breathing, attention, and noticing thoughts without judgment. Motivational Interviewing appears in sessions when clients want help moving toward change by building motivation and small workable steps.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Vanessa works with each client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjustments can be made as work progresses. The aim is to find approaches that feel useful and manageable for everyday life.
Online therapy here is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone is useful when bandwidth is low or for shorter check-ins, and chat or text can fit into a busy schedule or provide ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other daily responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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