About Tamara
Tamara Gilarski is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Florida with 35 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and the day-to-day challenges that lower self-esteem or sap motivation. Tamara aims to make the first step easier for those who are worried about starting therapy.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about what they are feeling.
Background and approach
Sessions are focused on practical steps to cope with big life changes and to build everyday skills for managing stress and impulsivity. Tamara also addresses concerns linked to ADHD and related attention or motivation struggles. Her work extends to issues connected to family of origin, adoption and foster care histories, abandonment, and divorce or separation.
She has also supported people facing aging and geriatric concerns, fertility questions, gender dysphoria, and recovery after disasters or other traumatic events. Tamara brings decades of experience to complex presentations such as dissociation, disruptive mood dysregulation, hoarding, infidelity, and control issues. She listens for patterns that make problems repeat, and helps people try new ways of thinking and acting.
People who meet with her can expect straightforward talk, gentle challenge, and plans that fit real life. If you want a steady guide through stress, trauma, or major life transitions, Tamara offers practical support and steady experience.
How therapeutic methods translate to online care
Many evidence-based techniques focus on learning skills and changing unhelpful patterns. One common approach teaches practical coping skills for anxiety and stress - it helps people learn to notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to feel better. Another approach used for trauma-related concerns emphasizes safety, pacing, and building tolerance for difficult memories through steady, gradual work. Finding the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about what they want to change and how they prefer to work. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them as progress is made. Online therapy offers a range of ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use facial cues and fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging provide quick access between sessions and let people share thoughts in the moment. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep treatment consistent across distances.Frequently asked questions
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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