Dr. Zvonka Jakopovic, LPC

Dr. Zvonka Jakopovic is a licensed professional counselor with 30 years of clinical experience. She uses a practical, down-to-earth style to help people untangle stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and problems with mood and relationships. She is known to clients as Dr. J and speaks English, Croatian, and Serbian.

Dr. Jakopovic trained in marriage and family counseling and has worked with adults and adolescents in many settings. She focuses on helping people build day-to-day skills to face painful feelings and difficult life events. Her work often centers on coping with chronic or terminal illness, caregiver strain, and the emotional fallout of major life changes.

In sessions she draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas, and also uses narrative and existential perspectives when they fit the situation. That means she listens closely, looks at patterns of thought and behavior, and helps clients tell their story in new ways. Practical tools and clear steps are paired with space to name feelings.

People seek her help for depression, addiction-related concerns, anger, intimacy and commitment issues, family-of-origin problems, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those facing aging, cancer, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and immigration-related stress.

Her approach blends structured techniques with open conversation. She aims to help clients make small, steady changes that fit into daily life. To begin, prospective clients follow the site’s start process and schedule a first session according to availability.

How her approaches guide online work

Dr. Jakopovic often uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and meeting the person where they are, which helps when someone needs space to talk through hard feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood, and it teaches concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, manage depression, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. She collaborates with each client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, the problem at hand, and personal preference. That means discussing options, trying techniques, and adjusting the plan as things change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time, and keep continuity during periods of illness or caregiving. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking so you know what is offered. The focus is on practical steps that can be used between meetings to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.