John Stawarz, LMHC

John Stawarz is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 14 years of clinical experience. He works with people facing stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, depression, ADHD, and life transitions. His approach is direct and practical, aimed at helping people make changes they can stick with.

John uses straightforward conversation and proven strategies to help clients manage symptoms and set goals. Sessions focus on skills that reduce anxiety, improve mood, and make daily life feel more manageable. He adapts techniques to each person's situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

His style blends cognitive behavioral tools with a client-centered attitude. That means paying attention to what matters to the client, while teaching concrete ways to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. He also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to help people clarify goals and find workable next steps.

John has supported people through career shifts, parenting strain, addiction concerns, anger, isolation, and questions about life purpose. He helps with practical matters like communication problems, commitment concerns, and control issues, and with challenges tied to military service and first responder work.

Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. John frames therapy as a collaborative process and focuses on small, achievable changes that add up over time.

How online sessions use practical approaches

John commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that cause stress or low mood. CBT focuses on small experiments and clear skills you can practice between sessions, which suits problems like anxiety, depression, ADHD challenges, and stress.

He also uses client-centered methods that start by listening carefully to what matters to the client. That approach helps build a partnership where goals come from the person's own values and priorities. Motivational interviewing is used when people feel stuck or ambivalent about change, helping them strengthen their own reasons for moving forward.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust the plan over time based on progress and feedback.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.