- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Gazaria
Gazaria Williams is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with 24 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people navigate family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting challenges. Gazaria approaches each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on during hard times.
Her work is practical and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people clarify what matters most and set small, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often include exploring patterns in relationships and daily routines to reduce stress and improve coping. Gazaria uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She draws on client-centered techniques to create a respectful space, cognitive behavioral methods to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and emotionally-focused work to repair connections and reduce conflict.
She also integrates existential and Jungian ideas when meaning, identity, or personal growth are central topics. Parents who feel overwhelmed by behavior, sleep, or routine issues often find concrete strategies in her sessions. People facing grief, addiction, mood changes, or career stress get help breaking problems into manageable steps.
Gazaria also supports those dealing with identity concerns such as LGBT issues, body image, and attachment struggles. Her practice includes attention to co-occurring challenges like chronic illness, caregiver burnout, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Gazaria encourages steady progress through coaching-style guidance and reflective conversation.
She aims to make therapy useful, realistic, and personally relevant.
What Gazaria works with
Everything Gazaria lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Gazaria helps people with.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gazaria lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapy approaches and how they work online
Gazaria blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral and emotionally-focused methods to meet common parenting and family concerns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where the person leads the pace and priorities. This helps parents and adults feel heard and supported while they sort priorities and choices.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits for sleep, stress, or routine problems. Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) targets how people relate to others and to themselves, which can be useful when repairing connection or reducing conflict in close relationships.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Gazaria will work collaboratively to see what fits a person’s needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions often mix methods so people get both short-term strategies and deeper relational work.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people juggling parenting, work, or health needs. Video calls let therapists observe interaction and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Gazaria
What kinds of concerns does Gazaria address?
She helps people with family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, addictions, and a wide range of relationship and life concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and practical. She listens first, then uses goal-focused techniques to change thoughts, behaviors, and relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
Gazaria has 24 years of professional experience working with people on parenting, trauma, grief, mood concerns, and related issues.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds the LMHC credential and is licensed in Florida.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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