Tom Gozinske
Practical, goal-focused counseling in Wisconsin
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin, Iowa
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Tom
Tom Gozinske is a licensed professional counselor who practices in Wisconsin. He holds the LPC credential and the Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential, LMHC. He has seven years of clinical experience and focuses on concerns like addictions, depression, bipolar symptoms, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and family matters.
Tom aims to make starting therapy feel less overwhelming for someone taking that first step. Tom creates an open space where people can talk without feeling judged.
Background and approach
He listens closely and uses practical conversation to help clients clarify what matters to them. Sessions focus on real-world next steps rather than long explanations or heavy theory. In therapy he often uses Motivational Interviewing, a style that helps people find their own reasons for change.
That approach is useful for things like addictions, motivation around life changes, and managing difficult habits. Tom tailors conversations to each person and their situation. Clients can expect straightforward talk about coping tools and choices.
He talks through problem areas like communication problems, codependency, and caregiver stress in plain language. The goal is to build small, manageable steps that fit daily life. Tom practices statewide in Wisconsin and offers sessions in English.
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way of talking that helps people identify why change matters to them. It focuses on strengthening personal motivation and planning small, realistic steps, which can help with addictions and changes in behavior.The approach is conversational rather than confrontational. The therapist helps clients weigh options and build their own reasons for change, which can be useful for coping with life transitions, substance concerns, or managing habits tied to mood and stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels doable, and then choose or adapt methods together. That collaboration helps ensure sessions match each person’s needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let clients meet from home, fit sessions into busy days, and use shorter check-ins or longer conversations depending on what helps. The range of formats is intended to make therapy more flexible and easier to keep up with over time.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- 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
Next step
Talk to Tom
- Takes a few minutes
- Nothing to set up just to look
- Stop at any point