About Zachariah
Zachariah Crooks is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with addiction. He speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Many who come to him are dealing with grief, low self-esteem, or life transitions and want clear tools to move forward.
He draws on client-centered and existential approaches to make therapy feel personal and meaningful.
Background and approach
Sessions often begin by identifying immediate problems and goals. From there he works with each person to notice patterns, try small changes, and build new habits that fit real life. Hypnotherapy and mindfulness are available as options in his practice.
Those methods are used to help with habits, sleep, and emotional regulation when a client and therapist agree they may help. Jungian ideas sometimes inform work about meaning, dreams, and long-standing family patterns. Zachariah brings 15 years of clinical experience in Indiana to his work.
He focuses on listening closely, asking direct questions, and offering techniques that clients can test between sessions. His style balances empathy with clear next steps. People who choose him can expect collaborative planning, steady pacing, and periodic check-ins about progress.
He aims to help people feel more able to manage daily demands and to reconnect with a sense of purpose and agency.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting relationship and following the client's priorities; online sessions use that same collaborative stance to set goals and pace. Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice, and responsibility and can help when people feel lost or are facing major life changes; those conversations translate well to video or phone formats and help clarify next steps.Hypnotherapy is offered as an option to support habit change, sleep, and emotional regulation through guided relaxation and focused suggestion. When it is chosen, the therapist explains the process and adapts scripts and exercises so they work smoothly in a remote session.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and decide together with the client which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may shift over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises that benefit from face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible, brief touchpoints between sessions and can help track progress or get quick support during a busy day.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English
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