Zakkiyyah Sally
Compassionate, practical counseling for life transitions
LPC New Jersey
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Zakkiyyah
Zakkiyyah Sally is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey who integrates practical, evidence-informed methods into everyday healing. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and trauma-focused approaches alongside strength-based principles to help people navigate anxiety, stress, grief, relationship challenges, and life transitions.
Background and approach
With six years of clinical experience, she combines structured interventions with creative, person-centered work to address both immediate concerns and underlying patterns. Her practice emphasizes emotional resilience, communication skills, and rebuilding confidence after difficult experiences such as trauma, divorce, or career change.
Zakkiyyah also attends to areas like attachment and body image, caregiver stress, workplace difficulties, guilt and shame, and questions of life purpose and self-love. She offers both individual and group formats, guiding clients through coping strategies, skill-building, and reflective exploration in a supportive, nonjudgmental setting.
Recognizing that beginning therapy takes courage, she focuses on empowerment and collaboration, helping clients identify realistic goals and practical steps for change. Availability accommodates a range of interaction styles and preferences, and she is open to working with international clients who communicate in English.
Online therapy with CBT and trauma-informed care
Zakkiyyah uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, stress, and mood challenges. CBT sessions often focus on clear strategies and behavioral experiments that can reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.She also incorporates Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past traumatic experiences, using approaches that normalize responses to trauma and work toward processing memories and building coping resources. This work emphasizes safety, pacing, and techniques tailored to each person’s history and needs.
Finding the right approach is collaborative; she partners with clients to assess goals, preferences, and the pace that feels comfortable, adjusting methods as therapy progresses. Clients often combine skills-based CBT work with trauma-informed processing to match their priorities.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to attend regularly, practice skills between sessions, and maintain continuity of care when traveling or living abroad.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed
New Jersey
Languages
English