Tzemach Cunin

Reaching out for support can feel difficult, especially when you have been carrying a great deal on your own. My goal is to create a warm, respectful, and nonjudgmental environment where you can feel heard, accepted, and comfortable exploring the challenges affecting your life.

I believe people often possess strengths that can become difficult to recognize during stressful or painful periods. Counseling can offer an opportunity to better understand your experiences, reconnect with those strengths, and develop practical ways of moving forward. I respect each client’s pace and believe difficult emotions deserve to be approached with patience, curiosity, and compassion rather than shame or pressure.

I am especially interested in working with adolescents and adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, anger, emotional or behavioral challenges, grief, relationship difficulties, addiction and recovery concerns, parenting stress, or significant life transitions. I also enjoy supporting clients who want to understand themselves more deeply or explore questions involving identity, values, meaning, and purpose.

My approach is person-centered, strengths-based, collaborative, and trauma-informed. I recognize that past experiences can shape how people understand themselves, relate to others, and respond to challenges, so I aim to create a sense of safety, choice, and respect throughout the counseling process. Within that foundation, I may draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients better understand connections among their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and relationships. I adapt these tools thoughtfully to each client’s needs, goals, and pace, with the aim of supporting insight, emotional regulation, and practical growth.

Much of my previous experience has involved working with children and adolescents through education, behavioral support, community programming, and art instruction. As an artist and longtime art instructor, I have used expressive arts and play-based activities to support emotional expression, coping skills, confidence, engagement, and positive behavior.

My interest in counseling was also shaped by early volunteer experience in a substance-use recovery setting, where I saw how connection, purpose, encouragement, and acts of kindness could help people feel less isolated and more hopeful.

I welcome clients from all cultures, identities, faiths, and belief systems. I am currently completing my Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Bellevue University and my graduate clinical training at Bodhi Counseling under the supervision of a licensed clinician.

My hope is that clients leave counseling with a deeper understanding of themselves, greater confidence in their strengths, and useful tools for moving toward a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Areas of Interest

- Adolescents and adults

- Anxiety and depression

- Emotional regulation and anger

- Behavioral concerns

- Addiction and recovery

- Grief and loss

- Relationship difficulties

- Parenting stress

- Life transitions

- Self-understanding

- Meaning and purpose

Education:

M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Bellevue University - Expected June 2027

B.A. in Liberal Arts, Central Lubavitcher Yeshivoth

Supervised by:

Shana Moorefield, LCSW-C, CCTP, CMIP