Zelimna Taveras, LMHC
Therapist in Florida
Zelimna Taveras is a bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor who practices in Florida.
- License MH17344 · Florida Expires March 2027
- NPI 1639572472 · national registry
- Experience and languages 8+ years in practice English, Spanish
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About Zelimna
Zelimna Taveras is a bilingual Licensed Mental Health Counselor who practices in Florida. She speaks English and Spanish and brings eight years of counseling experience to her work. She focuses on everyday concerns like stress, anxiety, parenting, grief, and relationship and intimacy issues.
Her approach centers on creating a calm, practical space where people can talk through what feels overwhelming. She uses Gottman Method ideas for relationship work alongside CBT and mindfulness tools to address negative thought patterns and strong emotions.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to teach simple skills clients can use between meetings. Taveras has a background working with trauma, abuse, and loss. She also addresses attention challenges, bipolar disorder, sleep and eating struggles, anger, and low self-esteem.
Her practice includes additional focus areas such as attachment difficulties, blended family matters, codependency, and communication problems. In sessions she blends evidence-informed strategies like cognitive behavioral techniques and DBT skills with attachment-focused perspectives. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs.
Costs vary by location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist's availability. Zelimna aims to help clients build practical coping strategies and clearer communication step by step.
Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH17344 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1639572472 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Zelimna lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Young adult issues
Approaches Zelimna names
- Gottman Method
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches Zelimna names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Applying relationship and coping methods through online care
Many sessions draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and coping with life changes.The Gottman Method ideas she uses focus on improving communication, reducing conflict cycles, and rebuilding trust. These techniques can be useful for improving everyday interactions and solving recurring relationship problems.
Attachment-Based Therapy informs how she understands emotional bonds and family patterns. That approach helps when people struggle with closeness, abandonment worries, or attachment-related stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort, and situation. This is a joint process of trying tools, checking results, and adjusting the plan together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well for lower bandwidth or when hands-free time is needed, chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between visits.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, and related concerns such as anger, sleep and eating problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends practical methods with interpersonal focus. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, DBT skills, attachment ideas, and Gottman Method approaches for relationship work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of counseling experience working across a range of issues including trauma, at-risk youth, and family-related concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time, and the cost varies with location and therapist availability.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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