About Zelma
Zelma Higgs is a licensed counselor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and life changes. She supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, grief, and issues tied to self-esteem. Zelma has seven years of clinical experience and holds LCMHC and LPC credentials, listed here as Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor.
Her approach is straightforward and conversational. She aims to build an atmosphere where clients can speak openly without fear of judgment.
Background and approach
Zelma uses practical strategies and clear steps so people leave sessions with tools they can try between meetings. Sessions focus on immediate problems and on learning skills for long-term coping. Zelma works with people facing trauma, depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, among other struggles.
She also addresses more specific issues like caregiving stress, chronic illness, and blended family challenges. Clients can expect a calm, patient presence and a collaborative attitude. Zelma will listen deeply, reflect what she hears, and suggest small experiments to test new ways of thinking and relating.
She values direct feedback so work can shift if something isn’t helping. Zelma practices in North Carolina and accepts international clients for remote sessions. She offers a mix of session styles to fit different schedules and preferences, and she guides new clients through a simple intake process to get started.
Therapeutic approaches and remote care
Zelma uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach centers on teaching coping skills for anxiety and stress so people can try specific breathing, grounding, and thought-challenging exercises when they feel overwhelmed. Another approach emphasizes short, goal-focused work to tackle relationship and intimacy concerns by improving communication and testing new ways of relating.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Zelma will work with each person to identify goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan based on what actually helps. She explains options plainly and checks in often so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for clients. Video calls let people maintain eye contact and work through emotional topics in real time. Phone sessions can be easier when a lower-bandwidth option or no-camera check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief updates, quick coping reminders, or ongoing check-ins between longer sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy days.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Texas
- Languages
- English
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