Gary Zarchy, LPC

Arizona · 25 years in practice

Gary Zarchy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns.

License and registration

LPC, Arizona: LPC-10642 · expires September 2026
NPI: 1598827214 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 25
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Gary

Gary Zarchy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 25 years of experience helping people navigate anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and relationship concerns. He centers the work on each person's own strengths. His role is to guide, teach, and encourage while clients set and reach their goals.

Gary emphasizes practical steps and clear conversation. He draws on client-centered and cognitive behavioral ideas to shape sessions around what the person needs now.

Background and approach

He also uses mindfulness and existential perspectives to help people notice patterns, make meaningful choices, and manage difficult feelings. His background includes a master’s degree from the University of Phoenix and long-standing teaching in their counseling department, both in-person and online for 18 years. That mix of classroom and clinical work informs his straightforward, educational style.

He often blends tools to match a person’s situation rather than following a single plan. EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, is one of the methods he lists among his approaches. When appropriate, he integrates EMDR techniques alongside talk-based strategies to address trauma-related symptoms and emotional reactions.

Sessions focus on clear goals, coping skills, and steps people can use between meetings. Gary aims to help people build the skills that let them move forward and eventually complete therapy once goals are met.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Gary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
LGBT
Relationship issues
Depression
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia

Approaches Gary names

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Online support

Approaches for trauma, coping, and personal growth online

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's perspective and strengths; the therapist listens deeply and follows the person's lead to build trust and clarify goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. EMDR, when used, pairs structured processing techniques with guided attention to help reduce the intensity of trauma-related memories and reactions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gary will talk with a person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and recommend methods that fit. If an approach does not feel right, he adjusts the plan so the work stays relevant and manageable.

Online sessions offer flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between meetings or fit brief check-ins into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Gary commonly address?

He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and relationship issues, plus grief, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.

What is his therapeutic style like?

Sessions are practical and person-focused. He guides, teaches, and encourages while helping people set clear goals and practice useful skills.

How much clinical experience does he have?

He brings 25 years of clinical experience to his work and combines that with many years teaching in a university counseling department.

What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?

He holds the LPC credential as an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor and practices in Arizona.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English only.

What session formats are available online?

Gary offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet remotely.

How are costs and billing handled?

Session cost varies with location and therapist availability. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with him?

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