Tina Pogorzala, LMHC
Compassionate, practical support for everyday parenting challenges
Book with Tina- Years in practice
- 17
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Parenting issues
- Focus
- Anger management
About Tina
Tina Pogorzala is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people coping with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, and mood concerns. She brings 17 years of experience and a practical approach that aims to make daily life feel more manageable. Tina speaks English and offers sessions online in multiple formats to fit different schedules.
Her work tends to be straightforward and goal-focused. Tina uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.
Background and approach
She also draws on solution-focused methods to identify small, realistic steps clients can try between sessions. Tina often combines mindfulness practices with skills work to help people manage emotional intensity and build more calm into daily routines. She can discuss how relationship patterns affect stress and support people who want clearer communication or better conflict habits.
Parenting concerns are one of the areas she lists, and she supports parents who need help with routines, boundary setting, and coping when caregiving feels overwhelming. Tina describes her style as respectful and compassionate, adjusting sessions to each person’s situation. She offers both structured skills work and space to process difficult emotions.
Over time she helps clients set concrete goals and track small changes that improve functioning. Sessions are offered by licensed mental health professionals, and Tina uses approaches like CBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused work to match the pace and needs of each person. She welcomes questions about how her methods might fit your concerns.
What Tina works with
Everything Tina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tina helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- ADHD
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Tina lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Tina Uses Practical Approaches Online
Tina commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based techniques in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then practice new, more useful responses; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional awareness, which can help with anger, sleep, and daily overwhelm.She also blends solution-focused ideas that emphasize small, achievable steps. That approach looks at what already works and builds on it, so sessions often produce concrete tasks to try between meetings. Choosing the right mix of methods is collaborative - the therapist and client decide together which strategies match the person’s goals and preferences, and that plan can shift as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversations and skills demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing to talking. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy family and work schedules.
Questions people ask about Tina
What kinds of concerns does Tina address?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, anger, depression, ADHD, relationship and family issues, grief, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Tina uses a practical, goal-oriented style that mixes cognitive behavioral techniques with solution-focused strategies and mindfulness practices.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional counseling experience as a licensed mental health counselor.
Where is Tina based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Florida and holds the credential LMHC, listed as FL LMHC.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Tina offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are fees and starting therapy handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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