About Karina
Karina Gomez is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on helping clients take the first steps toward clearer thinking and steadier moods. Her approach centers on practical support and steady encouragement.
Karina draws on ten years of experience to tailor sessions to each person's needs. She encourages open conversation and listens for what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
Sessions are usually about understanding current struggles, finding small manageable changes, and practicing new ways of coping. She often helps people sharpen focus, boost motivation, and rebuild confidence after setbacks. When attention or memory feel like barriers, she works on strategies to improve day-to-day functioning.
She also addresses feelings of guilt, shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose. Karina supports people navigating relationship shifts, blended family stress, divorce and separation, and communication problems. She also brings experience with caregiver strain, eating and food-related issues, and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Clients can expect a practical, collaborative tone aimed at real-world changes. Karina guides steps forward while respecting each person's pace and priorities.
Evidence-based approaches and online flexibility
Karina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change. One common approach she uses emphasizes structured problem solving and skill building to reduce anxiety and improve focus; sessions typically identify a clear problem, try a small strategy, and review what worked. Another approach centers on improving self-esteem and motivation through gradual goal-setting and reflection, which helps people rebuild confidence after setbacks.Finding the right way of working together is part of the process. The therapist will talk with clients about their goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps. This is a collaborative process where client feedback guides ongoing choices about techniques and priorities.
Online therapy here offers multiple formats to suit different lifestyles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a good fit for quick check-ins, shorter exchanges, or when fitting therapy into a busy day. These options aim to make it easier to attend sessions consistently and to keep work moving forward around other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English