About Tom
Tom Gozinske is a licensed professional counselor who brings seven years of clinical experience to his work in Wisconsin. He focuses on practical help for common and painful struggles. He keeps sessions straightforward and direct so people can talk about what matters without extra jargon.
Tom helps people facing addiction, depression, bipolar mood challenges, and trauma or abuse. He also supports clients dealing with anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and major life changes.
Background and approach
He listens for patterns that make daily life harder and helps people find small, usable steps forward. In the room he aims to make space for honest conversation. He encourages clear goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Motivational Interviewing is one tool he uses to help people find their own reasons to change and stick with new choices. Tom has worked with issues connected to family dynamics, communication problems, codependency, caregiver stress, and separation or divorce. He brings experience supporting those coping with abandonment, attachment concerns, aging and geriatric issues, and disruptive mood concerns.
His approach is adaptable to each person's situation. Sessions move at a practical pace. Tom helps clients set realistic steps and tracks progress together.
If someone is ready to begin, he guides them through the first scheduling and matching steps so therapy fits into their life.
How Motivational Interviewing and Online Sessions Work Together
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change. It uses respectful questions and reflective listening to build motivation and commitment. This approach often helps with addictions, ambivalence about treatment, and making behavior changes related to mood or health.Tom approaches therapy as a collaborative process. He works with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they will check what is working and adjust the plan as needed so therapy fits the client's life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations when a longer session or visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients send short updates, ask questions between sessions, or use written reflection instead of speaking. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and other commitments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Iowa
- Languages
- English