Zina Mercil is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.
01About Zina
Zina Mercil is a licensed professional counselor who helps adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes. She focuses on practical steps people can take to feel steadier and more able to handle everyday demands. Zina draws on ten years of experience working with people dealing with medical setbacks, workplace strain, compassion fatigue, and career questions.
She listens for what matters most to each person and helps them identify small, doable changes.
Background and approach
Many clients work on reducing self-criticism, improving how they communicate, and finding a clearer sense of purpose. Her work blends mindfulness, attention to attachment patterns, and evidence-informed skills from dialectical behavior therapy. She also uses motivational strategies to help people make changes that stick.
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with practical tools to try between meetings. Zina pays special attention to issues that come up with aging, caregiving, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns. She is familiar with stress that follows serious medical events, fertility challenges, and the emotional toll on caregivers and first responders.
She aims to create space for difficult feelings while helping people move toward more manageable routines. People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth approach often find her style a good fit. She works with adults in Colorado and offers sessions that fit varied schedules and life demands.
Her goal is to help people build resilience and find clearer next steps.
02Credentials
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0014243 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1285588947 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Zina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Career difficulties
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Zina names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Zina 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.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions clients trace how those patterns affect trust and connection, then practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships. It is useful when feelings feel overwhelming or when someone wants clearer strategies to cope day to day. Mindfulness Therapy helps people notice thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept away by them, which can reduce reactivity and improve focus.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they decide whether to emphasize skills training, exploration of meaning, or attachment-focused work so the plan fits the person's needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and practicing interpersonal skills. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a busy day. Messaging and live chat let people check in between meetings or use shorter, focused touchpoints. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while matching a person's schedule and comfort with technology.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Zina help with?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, grief, coping with life changes, career strain, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as chronic illness and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and practical, combining mindfulness, attachment work, dialectical behavior therapy skills, and motivational techniques to set concrete goals and build skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Zina brings ten years of experience working with adults on workplace burnout, medical setbacks, identity concerns, and midlife transitions.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She holds a Colorado licensed professional counselor credential listed as LPC and practices with a focus on clients in Colorado.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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