- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Grief
About Connie
Connie Zmijewski is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina with two decades of experience. She focuses on parenting concerns along with relationship tension, grief, depression, anxiety, and stress. She encourages parents to use their strengths and values when responding to hard moments.
Connie aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps turn that into small, practical steps.
Background and approach
Sessions often include talking through challenges, identifying helpful skills, and setting doable goals that fit daily life. Connie uses several therapeutic approaches to match a client's needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps spot unhelpful thinking and change behavior.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports people to act toward their values even when feelings are strong. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes a warm, respectful relationship where the client leads the pace. She has a background that blends counseling with nursing, which shaped a pragmatic and compassionate approach.
That mix shows up in attention to both emotional and everyday practical concerns. Over time she has worked with many people facing life changes, trauma, and ongoing stress. Connie works with parents who want clearer communication, less reactive moments, and more confidence in caregiving.
She also supports people coping with loss, career strain, chronic health issues, and emotional burnout. Her aim is to help people build routines and habits that reduce stress and increase meaningful connection.
What Connie works with
Everything Connie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Connie helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Connie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches and how online sessions work
Connie commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still take actions that match their values; it can help with parenting stress, grief, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical strategies to change behavior and mood, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Connie will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they adjust methods over time so the work matches real life and daily challenges rather than a fixed formula.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is helpful for a full-session conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a work break or lower-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text allow brief check-ins, coaching-style prompts, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into a busy parenting schedule.
Questions people ask about Connie
What kinds of concerns does Connie address?
She supports people with parenting challenges, relationship and family tension, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, trauma and abuse, and related issues like sleep, anger, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens, helps identify strengths, and works with clients to set small, practical goals.
What is her professional background?
Connie has 20 years of experience as a clinician. Her earlier nursing background also informs a practical, compassionate way of working with people.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LCMHC credential and is licensed in North Carolina.
Does she offer services in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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