About Tamara
Tamara Gilarski is a Florida-licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and adjusting to life changes. Tamara speaks English and brings a calm, steady presence to sessions.
Her approach centers on creating an open, nonjudgmental space where people can name difficult thoughts and feelings. She aims to help clients build practical coping skills and increase confidence over time.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, not rushed. Tamara has worked with a wide range of concerns across her career, including attention-related challenges such as ADHD, relationship issues like infidelity and divorce, and long-standing family of origin patterns. She also addresses more specific topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, and aging-related questions.
People seeking help for trauma, dissociation, or mood disruptions can expect careful, steady support that prioritizes emotional safety and gradual progress. She also assists with life events tied to fertility, gender questions, hoarding, and coping after disasters. Her work often balances exploring past experiences with building present-day strategies.
Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Tamara encourages small first steps and works collaboratively to set manageable goals.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Tamara uses steady, evidence-based techniques that focus on reducing symptoms and building skills. One approach involves practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress that teach breathing, pacing, and small behavior changes to reduce overwhelm. These techniques are helpful for everyday worry and managing high-stress moments.For trauma and abuse concerns she emphasizes careful pacing and grounding practices to help people manage strong emotions and regain a feeling of control. These methods focus on present-moment skills and slowly processing difficult memories at a rate the client can handle.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Tamara works with each person to identify what feels most helpful given their goals, history, and daily life. She will try strategies, check in about what’s working, and adjust the plan together as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video helps keep a face-to-face connection when discussing sensitive topics. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, practice between sessions, or when scheduling constraints make shorter contact more practical. These options make it easier to fit care into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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