About Zvonka
Dr. Zvonka Jakopovic is a Licensed Professional Counselor with about 30 years of experience. She often goes by Dr.
J and has worked with adults and adolescents in a variety of settings. She focuses on anxiety and stress among many other concerns and aims to help people move from feeling stuck to taking manageable steps forward. She holds a master’s degree and a doctoral degree in Marriage and Family Counseling.
Background and approach
Over her career she has provided both individual and group counseling and has worked with people facing trauma, grief, depression, and major life changes. Her background includes work related to caregiver stress, chronic and terminal illness, and issues that come up around family relationships. In sessions she uses straightforward, practical talk.
She helps people identify patterns, try small behavior changes, and make meaning of painful experiences. She also draws on approaches that focus on relationships and personal stories to help clients see new options and ways to relate to others. Dr.
J speaks English, Croatian, and Serbian, which can help clients who are more comfortable in those languages. She offers a mix of session formats so people can choose what fits their life and schedule. Her aim is to teach tools for coping and problem solving.
That often includes working on communication, handling anger, addressing intimacy-related concerns, and easing symptoms of anxiety or depression. She helps clients set realistic goals and practice steps between sessions.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and building a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. It helps people feel heard and clarify what matters to them, which can ease anxiety and support better decision making. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, works on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems and gives clear tools to practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean blending listening-based work with CBT exercises or bringing in relationship-focused techniques when needed.
Online therapy lets people meet without traveling and makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option when a camera is not preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick skills practice, or when someone needs flexibility during the day. These options aim to make consistent care more convenient and accessible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Croatian, Serbian
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