About me
"Recognizing that you are not where you want to be is a starting point to begin changing your life." - Deborah Day
Hello!
Welcome to the Better Help community! I congratulate you for reaching out for help, as this is the first step in taking control of your life. My name is Zvonka Jakopovic. My colleagues and clients usually call me Dr. J. I am a mental health professional with almost 30 years of experience working in various settings. I earned my masters and my doctoral degree in Marriage and Family Counseling, and worked for 13 years in a Department for Protection of Family, providing couple and family counseling. My goal is to aid clients in developing the psychological tools needed to deal with complicated feelings and situations. I look forward to seeing you overcome obstacles and sharing your journey with you!
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SPECIALTIES
• Stress, Anxiety
• Trauma
• Grief and loss
• Depression
• Self-esteem
• Family/couple issues
• Dealing with chronic/terminal health issues
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Gottman Method, Family Systems Therapy.
Years of Experience: 29
Also experienced in:
Relationship issues, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Communication problems, Mood Disorders, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress, End of life issues.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationships
- Trauma, Abuse
- Grief
- Depression
Addictions , Family conflicts , Intimacy-related issues , Anger management , Self esteem , Bipolar disorder , Coping with life changes , Compassion fatigue , Aging and Geriatric Issues , Cancer , Caregiver issues and stress , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Gottman Method, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Years of Experience: 30
Services offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Languages
English
Croatian
Serbian
Licensing
TX LPC 60904
Reviews
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Dr. Zvonka Jakopovic. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with Regain might be different.
Dr J is amazing, so professional and experienced. She really helps. I feel like I'm in very good hands.
Dr. Jakopovic does not have an easy job when it comes to a client like me
Appointments that I've been able to have have helped but I've probably missed more of them than I attended although not on purpose
When I have connected with her she's providing me solid information and this helps with the navigation through the struggles of life.
I'm grateful for any positive changes that she has advise me on how much of lead me to a better place
Thx
Dr. J has been a breath of fresh air. Every session with her so far has been very eye opening and my only wish was that we had more time with her.
I also really appreciate her efforts to respond to us outside of sessions and send us material that we may find helpful.
After just the first session we made changes that improved our relationship. The sessions are very responsive to need.
A very respectful and caring lady who wants to listen and understand. She has a great personality that adapts to you and really shows that she is there to support and advise with recommendations on expert advice.
Very levelheaded very well versed in her advice and a good person to communicate too.
I love how our therapist is unbiased. I am thankful for the tools that we are gaining to resolve conflict, and to grow in our marriage. I’m looking forward to the future
Dr.J. Is amazingly caring and compassionate. This is our first therapy session for both of us and we are delighted to have been assigned to Dr. J.
She listens and is impartial and non - judgemental to both of us. She directs us to look at videos and reading materials pertaining to our issues we’ve brought up with her.
We are working on the materials she gives us and we feel she is always well prepared to handle our problems.
We are enjoying the sessions thus far.
Dr J has been a delight to work with. I love that she doesn’t take sides. She helps us through our conflict and points out if either one of us are wrong. I would highly recommend Dr J!!
Dr J has provided us with many profound insights into ourselves and the way we relate to each other. We've made good progress identifying and working to resolve the issues in our relationship. It's fair to say that Dr J helped us to gain the means to save our relationship when we'd both almost given up hope.
I cannot recommend Dr. Jakopvic highly enough, just an outstanding therapist.
Dr. Jakopovic is very friendly and easy to work with. I'm so glad that we were linked up with her through ReGain.
My husband and I have seen multiple counselors, and never had a great experience, so we were both skeptical going into our first session with Dr. J. To our surprise, she immediately zeroed in on some of our core issues, and asked valuable questions and offered great advice. I would recommend Dr. J (and already have) to any loved ones seeking marriage counseling.