Zena Ramsey
Welcome! My name is Zena and I specialize in working with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and loss, relationship conflicts, relational trauma (experiences where your needs for safety, understanding, connection were not met), and difficulty adjusting to changes (e.g. moving, starting college, changing careers/jobs).
Grounded in humanistic theory, Zena meets you with curiosity, open-mindedness, empathy, and respect, while incorporating different therapeutic modalities tailored to your unique needs, utilizing tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion-Focused, Psychodynamic Therapy. Zena’s approach is rooted in understanding, connection, building resilience, and creating meaning. She takes a non-pathologizing stance in facilitation of understanding and connecting the dots between symptoms and emotional responses within the context of your history, relationships, and unmet needs.
Zena provides a balance of validation and challenge to help untangle complex emotional, relational, and behavioral patterns that might be keeping you stuck in a cycle of depression, chronic shame/anxiety, avoidance, perfectionism, or people-pleasing. Together you will slow down and explore these patterns in the present moment as well as explore how your inner dialog might be impacting you, while helping you move toward a more compassionate understanding of yourself. As you start to bring curiosity and compassion to your inner dialogue and emotional responses, you can begin to relate to yourself differently, rather than getting caught in automatic reactions. Over time, this work leads to feeling less overwhelmed by emotions, less shame and self-criticism, and more flexibility in how you respond to yourself and others. Additionally, this work often highlights what really matters to you – your values, wants and needs, and what gives your life purpose and meaning so that change is connected to your most authentic life and living more fully in alignment with who you really are.
When not providing therapy, Zena enjoys being in nature/hiking/birding, spending time with family and cats, watching horror movies.
Recent Posts
- Spring Transitions: What This Season Brings, Depending on Where You Are
- Preparing for a New Job Without Burning Out: A 4–6 Month Plan for Your Mental Health
- Beyond Just ‘Waiting for Spring’: Actionable Steps to Break Through Seasonal Low Mood
- The 5 Resets — and What Comes Next: A Values-Based Approach to Stress and Burnout