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Zulma Williams
Founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, Psychotherapist, and Inspirational Public Speaker, Zulma is a leading expert in trauma, anxiety, and depression, her work helps clients overcome life challenges to reach their full potential.
She is witty, passionate, likes to keep it real, and swears a lot. She survived cancer, abusive relationships, depression, and suicidal ideation, but never considered herself a victim. Her mission is to inspire people to discover and honor the warrior inside themselves. Connect with Zulma here…
The Swearing Therapist, Zulma Williams
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Tell us a little something about your business...
Founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, Psychotherapist, and Inspirational Public Speaker, Zulma is a leading expert in trauma, anxiety, and depression, her work helps clients overcome life challenges to reach their full potential.
She has participated in several podcasts, sharing her inspirational story. Zulma was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and immigrated to the United States at age 31. At age 42, she started her Bachelor of Social Work program. A few weeks after graduating at 46, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
She had a lumpectomy, moved back to Argentina for three years, and in 2015 moved back to the United States. She started her Master of Social Work program at age 50 and became fully licensed in 2018. In 2025, she celebrated her 60th birthday in Hawaii. She has always loved the ocean, and those four days truly inspired her to find a way to live on the beach. Since she could not afford to live in Hawaii or California, she moved to Panama in December of 2025. Now, she can hear the waves and see the ocean from her bedroom window.
She grew tired of her boundaries not being respected in community mental health, so she created her own agency, Dragonfly Therapy Services, where she carefully chooses the clients she works with to better serve their needs.
When was your lightbulb moment?
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I had realized that I had been neglecting myself.
My motto is “I had cancer, cancer did not have me.” If nothing else, cancer came to show me how bad I wanted to be a therapist, because it did not stop me, it only delayed me in achieving my dreams.
What are your three words of advice?
Never too late.
It’s never too late to achieve your dreams. Age is nothing but a number.
Make the call, take the class, start the business. It is never too late.
Three words of advice...
Never too late
Founder of Dragonfly Therapy Services, Psychotherapist, and Inspirational Public Speaker, Zulma is a leading expert in trauma, anxiety, and depression, her work helps clients overcome life challenges to reach their full potential.
She is witty, passionate, likes to keep it real, and swears a lot. She survived cancer, abusive relationships, depression, and suicidal ideation, but never considered herself a victim. Her mission is to inspire people to discover and honor the warrior inside themselves. Connect with Zulma here…
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