- Workplace stress
- Anxiety and grief
- Mindful strategies
About Zina
Zina Mercil is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She works with people managing workplace strain, compassion fatigue, career questions, and the emotional impact of illness or aging. Her style is calm and practical, focused on clear steps people can use day to day.
She draws on ten years of clinical experience and uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Conversations often include mindfulness practices, values clarification, and skills for handling intense emotions. Zina pays attention to how relationships and attachment patterns shape current struggles and decision making.
Sessions tend to emphasize practical coping tools alongside deeper reflection. People can expect to practice breathing and grounding exercises, talk through tricky communication patterns, and set small goals for change. The focus is on building resilience and lowering stress in everyday life.
Zina also supports those facing aging, chronic illness, caregiving stress, fertility and cancer-related concerns, and end-of-life issues. She helps people work through isolation, grief, guilt, and control issues with patience and direct guidance.
Her work often blends motivational interviewing to support change with solution-focused steps to move forward. Together she and the client create a plan that fits values, work demands, and personal limits.
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment‑based work focuses on how early and current relationships shape feelings and behavior. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships, improve how they ask for support, and reduce repeated conflicts.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. Those skills can be useful for managing workplace stress, anxiety, and strong reactions to health challenges.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which combination of approaches and exercises to use as therapy progresses.
Confirm the exact session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and keep conversations consistent during life transitions. It also allows focused skill practice between sessions and quick check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can guide the mix of short exercises, reflective conversation, and skill coaching so sessions match each person’s schedule and needs.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Colorado
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports adults dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, career questions, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Additional focus areas include chronic illness, caregiving stress, aging, and isolation.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and compassionate, blending mindfulness, skills training, and reflective work. Sessions mix short-term tools with conversations about values and meaning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working with adults on workplace stress, health-related challenges, and life transitions.
What credential and location should I know about?
She holds an LPC credential and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start therapy?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.