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Zina Mercil, LPC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationColorado
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Grief, and Coping with life changes
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Zina

Zina Mercil is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.

Background and approach

She frames early conversations around client fit, helping people clarify goals related to career, caregiving, health setbacks, or burnout and building a plan that matches their values and daily realities. With ten years of clinical experience, she emphasizes practical tools alongside deeper emotional exploration.

Her work combines Internal Family Systems ideas with mindfulness and existential perspectives to help clients reduce self-criticism, improve communication, and reconnect with purpose. Zina draws on DBT-informed skills when clients need emotion regulation and coping strategies, and she integrates somatic awareness and self-compassion practices to address chronic health challenges, caregiving stress, and professional fatigue.

Based in Colorado, she offers flexible online formats and aims to create a collaborative environment where clients learn sustainable ways to manage life transitions and complex emotional landscapes.

Integrating evidence-based approaches into online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people notice and dialogue with different parts of themselves - for example inner critics, protectors, or wounded parts - with the aim of increasing self-leadership and reducing internal conflict. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns in relationships and how early bonds influence emotional responses, which can be useful for improving communication and building safer connections with others.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively with each client to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences, and may blend IFS, attachment work, mindfulness, or DBT-informed skills over time to support progress.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible alongside busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or health concerns. These flexible formats allow ongoing skill practice, timely check-ins, and continuity of care when in-person meetings are not practical, while still prioritizing a strong therapeutic relationship with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with adults experiencing stress, anxiety, grief, coping with life changes, career questions, compassion fatigue, and related issues such as chronic illness, caregiving stress, and isolation.
What is the general therapeutic style and approach?
The approach blends compassionate, collaborative exploration with practical skills training, drawing from Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, existential ideas, and DBT-informed techniques when helpful.
How much clinical experience does the therapist have?
She brings ten years of experience working with adults through career transitions, health-related challenges, burnout, grief, and other complex emotional issues.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Colorado with licence number CO LPC LPC.0014243.
Which languages are available and are international clients accepted?
Services are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered for online work?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and payment structured?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process for beginning therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Career difficulties

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Colorado

Languages

English