About Zhanna
Zhanna Bukshan is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and ADHD. She speaks English and Russian and provides supportive care through online formats. Her style is practical and compassionate, aimed at making therapy feel manageable for busy lives.
She helps people untangle communication problems and commitment doubts. She also addresses attachment concerns and the loneliness that can follow major life changes.
Background and approach
Many clients seek her help for panic attacks, mood shifts, and the strain that comes with caregiving. Zhanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person. Sessions focus on clear goals, concrete skills, and straightforward steps people can use between meetings.
She works at a pace the client chooses and centers the conversation on what matters most right now. Over five years of professional experience inform her approach. She brings practical tools for coping with addiction, grief, and life transitions such as divorce or midlife shifts.
Her Texas licensure is listed as LCSW, TX LCSW 104646. People who come to her often want help finding purpose, rebuilding self-worth, or improving closeness with others. Therapy can include short-term skill building or longer work on deeper patterns.
The focus is on real-life change that fits everyday schedules.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Zhanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and understanding patterns. One approach emphasizes skill building for anxiety and panic - teaching breathing, grounding, and step-by-step exposure to reduce avoidance and improve daily functioning. Another approach targets mood and relationship patterns by identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of relating to others to increase connection and self-worth.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Zhanna works with each person to decide which techniques match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts plans over time based on what helps and what feels realistic for a person’s life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing support between sessions and quick access to tools or reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English, Russian