- Bilingual English Spanish
- CBT and DBT skills
- Attachment informed work
About Zelimna
Zelimna Taveras is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with eight years of counseling experience. She is bilingual in English and Spanish. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting strain, and anger, among other concerns.
She has a history of working with children, adolescents, and adults affected by trauma and abuse. Her background includes work with at-risk youth, social services, children with special needs, and families experiencing homelessness. That experience shapes how she understands reactions to stress and anger.
Her approach blends cognitive behavioral ideas with attachment-focused thinking and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. In sessions she helps people notice patterns, try small behavior changes, and use grounding or mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity. Conversations are practical and focused on what a person can do between meetings.
When parenting or family issues come up she looks at how relationships and attachment influence reactions. She also uses elements of the Gottman Method to address communication and conflict patterns in close relationships. The work often includes building clearer communication habits and problem-solving steps.
Sessions can be conducted in English or Spanish. Zelimna encourages straightforward goal-setting and tracking progress. She asks clients to pick a few manageable steps, practice them, and review what changed at the next session.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships. It helps people understand how early bonds influence current anger and trust. Work often looks at interaction habits and clearer ways to ask for needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is about spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with simple behavior changes. It suits worries, anger outbursts, and sleep or eating concerns by using small experiments and skill practice.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. It teaches distress tolerance and emotion regulation tools useful when frustration or resentment builds.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review the client’s goals, current difficulties, and personal preferences and then recommend which methods to use. Decisions are collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins without taking a full day off. Some formats may also allow brief skills reviews or focused practice when time is limited.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting concerns, anger, and related relationship or attachment problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses practical, skills-based approaches that draw on CBT, DBT strategies, and attachment-focused ideas to reduce reactivity and improve communication.
How much experience does she have working with these concerns?
She has eight years of counseling experience, including work with people affected by trauma and with at-risk youth and families.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and practices there.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Does she see international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.