About Tom
Tom Gozinske is a licensed professional counselor who brings seven years of practice to his work in Wisconsin. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and the fallout of trauma and abuse. Tom uses direct, practical conversation to make starting therapy easier for someone who may feel uncertain.
Tom aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can say what they really think and feel. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented, with attention to immediate concerns and next steps.
Background and approach
He listens for what matters most and helps clients build small, doable changes that fit their life. His background includes working with mood and behavioral concerns like depression, bipolar disorder, and addictions. He also helps people dealing with relationship strain, communication problems, commitment worries, and family stress.
Additional areas he addresses include ADHD, attachment and abandonment issues, and caregiver stress. Tom brings Motivational Interviewing into conversations to help people sort out their own reasons for change and find motivation that feels authentic. He supports people coping with big life transitions, separation or divorce, and the effects of disruptive mood symptoms.
The focus is on practical coping, clearer choices, and rebuilding routine. People who prefer a calm, conversational approach tend to find his style helpful. He explains options plainly, checks in about progress, and adapts plans when needed.
For someone taking the first step, he emphasizes steady forward movement rather than dramatic fixes.
How approaches like Motivational Interviewing work online
Motivational Interviewing helps people talk through mixed feelings about change and discover what matters most to them. Online, this looks like guided conversation, reflective listening, and small goal-setting to build momentum on issues like addictions, depression, or managing anger.In an online setting Tom keeps sessions straightforward and collaborative. He will work with each person to choose techniques and pacing that match their goals and comfort level. Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work together, and plans are adjusted as progress is made.
Using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text messaging can support brief updates, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer written communication.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Iowa
- Languages
- English
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