Cecilia Zinnikas, LPC, LCPC

Montana · 33 years in practice

Cecilia Zinnikas helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or the fallout of trauma.

License and registration

LCPC, Montana: BBH-LCPC-LIC-50216 · expires December 2026
LPC, Oklahoma: LPC02869 · expires June 2026
LPC, Missouri: 2025030369 · expires June 2027
NPI: 1760713721 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 33
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Cecilia

Cecilia Zinnikas helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or the fallout of trauma. She works with adults coping with mood shifts, relationship strain, parenting stress, and the confusion that follows big life changes. She uses clear, practical steps in sessions so people can make small changes that add up.

Her work often focuses on reducing shame and guilt, managing impulsivity, and building steadier mood patterns. Clients can expect a calm, direct presence and concrete tools to try between meetings.

Background and approach

With 33 years of practice as an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, and as an LCPC, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, she brings long experience to each case. That experience includes helping people who struggle with addiction, bipolar mood issues, attention challenges, and complex trauma responses such as dissociation or post-traumatic stress. Her approach draws on therapies that teach skills and process difficult memories.

Techniques include mindfulness, cognitive behavior strategies, acceptance-based work, and EMDR for trauma processing when appropriate. Sessions are aimed at helping people make manageable shifts rather than pursuing quick fixes. People who choose her typically want straightforward guidance and a steady therapeutic relationship.

She frames progress as a series of practical steps - learning new coping skills, practicing them, and adjusting as life changes. That steady pacing helps people rebuild confidence and move forward.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Cecilia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Addictions
Family conflicts
Parenting issues
Anger management
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
ADHD
Abandonment
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
First responder issues
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Mood disorders
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Somatization
Young adult issues

Approaches Cecilia names

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Online support

Approaches that translate well to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, encourages people to notice painful thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions. It helps with anxiety, depression, and making values-based choices in everyday life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. It provides concrete exercises people can practice between sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process traumatic memories through structured, repeated attention to distressing material while tracking safe, stepwise procedures designed to reduce emotional intensity.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. A therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit the person, and adjust the plan over time. This collaborative process means clients help choose what feels most useful for their situation and pace.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, coaching-style exchanges, and ongoing skill practice between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, handle sudden setbacks, or keep momentum during life transitions.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems, bipolar and mood disorders, addictions, ADHD, anger, and parenting or family-related strain.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is practical and steady, focusing on skill building, emotional processing, and clear steps to try between sessions.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 33 years of experience working with a range of mood, trauma, and behavioral concerns.

What credentials and location are on file?

She holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices in Oklahoma.

Which languages and international options are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy.

How is cost handled?

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