About Tamara
Tamara Gilarski is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, motivation, and coping with life changes. Tamara aims to make the first step easier by meeting people where they are and offering steady support.
She creates a relaxed atmosphere so clients can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions are conversational and practical, with attention to what helps day to day.
Background and approach
Tamara listens closely and helps people identify small, doable changes that add up over time. Her background spans many areas, including concerns related to abandonment, adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, and autism and Asperger syndrome. She also works with issues such as control problems, dissociation, hoarding, impulsivity, infertility stress, and the fallout from separation or infidelity.
Over three decades in practice have given her familiarity with a wide range of life challenges. That experience is used to tailor steps that fit each person’s situation and pace. Tamara prefers clear, straightforward conversation and practical strategies that people can use between sessions.
People who choose Tamara often want calm guidance through change and real tools to manage anxiety and stress. She supports each client in defining goals and tracking progress at a comfortable tempo.
Online approaches and how they help
Tamara often uses evidence-based techniques that focus on reducing anxiety and improving coping. One common approach emphasizes breaking problems into small steps and practicing specific skills between sessions; this helps when stress or anxiety feel overwhelming by creating manageable actions. Another approach centers on processing traumatic experiences at a safe pace while building skills to manage strong emotions, which can lessen the hold of past events on daily life.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Tamara will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, and together they decide which techniques to try first. She adjusts the plan over time based on what is working and what feels comfortable.
Online therapy with Tamara is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone calls work well for those with limited bandwidth, and live chat or text can suit quick check-ins or days when typing feels easier. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit sessions into busy routines.
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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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