About John
John Stawarz is a licensed mental health counselor with 14 years of experience. He works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety and with those facing depression, parenting strain, career uncertainty, or ADHD. He aims to make the first step feel manageable and straightforward.
He keeps sessions warm and interactive. Conversations are practical and down-to-earth. He avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and sensitivity.
John uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs.
Background and approach
He draws on client-centered methods to listen and build understanding. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns and try new behaviors. Motivational interviewing is part of how he supports change when someone feels stuck.
Solution-focused techniques are used to map small, achievable steps toward goals. Together these methods help with things like anger, self-esteem, relationship communication, and addiction concerns. John has worked with people affected by trauma, first responder stress, fatherhood issues, and military-related concerns.
He also helps those dealing with life purpose, midlife transitions, isolation, and prejudice-related stress. Sessions are offered in English and are provided from Florida. He offers multiple online session formats so people can choose what works best for their schedule and needs.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
John uses client-centered therapy to focus on what matters most to the person. This approach emphasizes listening, empathy, and building a working relationship so the person feels understood and heard. It is helpful for people who want a collaborative, respectful space to talk about anxiety, parenting stress, or life changes.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thought patterns and behavior links. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking and tries practical experiments to change reactions and mood. That approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, anger, and attention-related challenges.
Finding the right method is part of the process. The therapist collaborates to match approaches to a person’s goals and preferences. Sessions can shift over time so techniques stay relevant to what is working and what isn’t.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for more in-depth conversations, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text are good for quick check-ins or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, parenting, or other commitments while keeping therapy practical and accessible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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