About John
John Stawarz is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. He brings 14 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. John works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, career strain, and ADHD.
He aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly about what matters to them. John keeps sessions practical and straightforward. He listens first, then helps set clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
Therapy often focuses on small changes a person can try between sessions. He uses plain language and a warm, conversational style rather than clinical jargon. His approach blends client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques.
That means he pays attention to each person's experience while also helping identify thought and behavior patterns to change. He uses motivational interviewing to support readiness for change and solution-focused techniques to build immediate, usable strategies. Over his career John has supported people facing addiction concerns, parenting strain, anger, relationship and communication problems, and issues that come with major life changes.
He also works with men, veterans, and first responders on challenges like isolation, trauma responses, and purpose-finding. Sessions are offered in English and provided via video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. John uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their needs.
How online approaches shape practical progress
John uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's experience and priorities, giving people space to be heard and to set the direction of their work. That approach helps when someone needs support sorting values, roles, or parenting pressures.He also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT offers concrete strategies for anxiety, low mood, ADHD-related routines, and habits a person wants to change.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust plans based on how well they fit a person's goals and day-to-day life. Clients help shape what comes next through feedback and small experiments between sessions.
Online therapy here is offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full session and visual connection, while phone can work when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text sessions are handy for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or fitting therapy into a busy schedule. These options make it easier to keep consistent work going even with unpredictable routines or tight calendars.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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