Maggie Zagorova , LMHC

Maggie Zagorova is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on helping women navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and addiction challenges. She speaks English, Bulgarian, and American Sign Language and practices from Florida. Maggie brings 14 years of experience to sessions and aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. She works with common concerns such as depression, social anxiety, workplace stress, and family-related pressures. Maggie also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, feelings of guilt and shame, control issues, and questions about life purpose and self-love. Her background includes work with hearing impaired clients and those experiencing communication difficulties. Maggie uses several evidence-based approaches to guide sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action, and Mindfulness Therapy to teach grounding and stress-reduction skills. Her training includes a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from the City College of the City University of New York and a certificate in sign language interpreting. She holds Florida LMHC licensure. That combination informs her attention to accessible communication and to practical tools that fit daily life. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Maggie aims to help clients learn skills they can use between sessions. She focuses on clear plans, small steps, and building emotional awareness. Many people come for short-term help with a specific issue or for longer work on patterns that cause repeated stress. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

How Maggie’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often include short exercises and practical homework to try between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. In teletherapy CBT, the therapist and client practice skills together and review real-life experiments during video or messaging check-ins. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to reduce stress and increase presence. Online sessions can include guided breathing, brief meditations, and daily prompts to build a steady habit. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Maggie will talk with each person about their needs and goals and then recommend which methods to try first. The choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice call fits a schedule. Live chat and text messaging are handy for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to use approaches like CBT, ACT, and mindfulness in ways that match daily routines.