About Zelimna
Zelimna Taveras offers practical, compassionate counseling grounded in attachment work and cognitive approaches. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and speaks English and Spanish. She focuses on concrete steps people can take to feel more steady when life feels overwhelming.
She commonly helps people facing anxiety, stress, depression, grief, and trauma. She also supports those coping with parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating or sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes such as divorce or separation.
Background and approach
ADHD and bipolar concerns are also within her focus areas. Zelimna uses approaches like Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), the Gottman Method, and Mindfulness Therapy. In sessions she blends tools and gentle skills practice so people can try new ways of thinking and relating.
She explains strategies simply and helps clients practice them between meetings. With eight years of clinical experience, she has worked in settings that involved trauma, loss, and parenting difficulties. That background informs her attention to safety, pacing, and clear coping skills.
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish to match the language a person prefers. She provides online options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Attachment and Skills-Based Care Online
Attachment-Based Therapy centers on how early connections affect present relationships and helps people notice patterns in closeness and trust. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for strong emotions and relationship conflict.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist discusses goals, symptoms, and preferences and then suggests techniques to try together. Sessions often combine elements from different approaches so the plan fits the person's needs and changes over time.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send updates, practice skills between sessions, or have brief check-ins without scheduling a full video meeting. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep working on skills consistently.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish