Zakkiyyah Sally, LPC

Zakkiyyah Sally is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in New Jersey who offers both individual and group therapy. As an LPC, she is a licensed mental health professional trained to support people through emotional, relational, and life challenges. Her work centers on a strengths-based perspective that helps clients draw on their existing resources while developing new skills to manage anxiety, depression, grief, and the aftereffects of trauma.

She brings a creative, client-centered approach to counseling, integrating practical strategies for confidence building, career concerns, and personal development alongside spiritual care counseling when appropriate. Her experience also includes addressing relationship and family dynamics, emotional stress and anger, and transitions that accompany major life changes. The goal is to help clients navigate feelings of guilt, shame, and uncertainty while cultivating greater self-love and purpose.

Zakkiyyah prioritizes a supportive, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can speak openly about their thoughts and feelings. She emphasizes empowerment and partnership in the therapeutic process, encouraging the courage it takes to begin change and offering steady guidance as clients work toward their goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Zakkiyyah Sally uses evidence-informed approaches to help people manage symptoms and navigate life challenges. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety, stress, and depressive patterns and to improve coping during life transitions. Trauma-Focused Therapy centers on working gently with the memories, emotions, and responses tied to traumatic experiences - it can be helpful for post-traumatic stress, trauma and abuse, and related symptoms that interfere with daily life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Zakkiyyah collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan over time as progress unfolds. This is a team effort where the therapist and client decide together on the next steps.

Online therapy makes these approaches accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and people in different locations. Working with licensed professionals remotely can make it easier to maintain consistency, access support during transitions, and integrate therapeutic strategies into everyday life.