Tina Pogorzala , LMHC

Tina Pogorzala is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 17 years of professional counseling experience. She supports individuals, couples, and families working through stress, anxiety, ADHD, relationship challenges, anger management, and depression, tailoring her approach to each person’s needs.

Her work is grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she collaborates with clients to develop treatment plans that reflect their goals and preferences. Tina commonly integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to address patterns of thinking and to build practical strategies for change. When clients explicitly request it, she can include faith- or Christian-based perspectives as part of the therapeutic process.

Tina’s practice also addresses a broad range of related concerns, including parenting and family dynamics, grief and loss, intimacy and relationship issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, self-esteem and career matters, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment, adoption and foster care, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, blended family issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication problems, control issues, responses to natural or human-caused disaster, DMDD, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and feelings of emptiness.

She combines clinical techniques with coaching when appropriate and offers support for compassion fatigue. Tina recognizes that taking the first step toward therapy can require courage and works to make that step as understandable and manageable as possible.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

In her practice Tina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) involves identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and learning practical skills to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress, and related concerns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on building strengths and small, achievable changes to move toward a client’s goals rather than focusing only on problems.

For couples or relationship work she also applies principles consistent with the Gottman Method to help partners improve communication and resolve conflicts in a structured way. Each approach is described in clear, practical terms so clients understand what to expect and how it might help with their situation.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tina works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts strategies as work progresses. Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to access licensed professionals and therapists from different locations when appropriate.