About Zakia
Zakia Johnson is a licensed counselor with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She is an LPC, MD, and LCPC who practices in Maryland. Her work focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Zakia listens closely and helps people name what feels overwhelming. She talks through common reactions to trauma, grief, and mood changes. Sessions are straightforward and aim to build coping skills for anxiety, depression, and the ups and downs of life.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work in community behavioral health. That experience shaped a calm, dependable style and a focus on steady progress over time. She offers approaches that translate to real situations, such as managing panic, improving sleep, and handling big mood swings.
Zakia also helps people dealing with relationship strains, parenting stress, and career pressures by teaching clearer communication and self-care routines. She addresses issues like abandonment, attachment, control, and emptiness with practical tools rather than jargon. People who prefer a predictable plan with gentle accountability often do well with her.
Her style blends direct problem-solving with encouragement to try small changes. The goal is to leave each session with at least one usable step to try before the next visit.
Evidence-based techniques and flexible online care
Zakia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at teaching practical skills. One common approach is skills-based work that focuses on breathing, grounding, and worry management to reduce anxiety symptoms and improve daily functioning. Another is behavior-focused strategies that help change unhelpful patterns, support mood regulation, and build routines that aid recovery from depression or bipolar mood swings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Zakia reviews a person’s needs, goals, and preferences and then recommends steps to try. That choice can shift over time as goals change, and she encourages a collaborative process to find the best fit.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging offer brief check-ins and flexible ways to stay connected between appointments. These options make it easier to maintain steady progress without long commutes or scheduling strain.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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