Therapist profile
Fennisha Gardner, LCSW
LCSW focused on relationships and family challenges
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- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
- Solution-focused work
About Fennisha
Fennisha Gardner is an LCSW licensed in Alaska with 15 years of experience. She works with adults who are coping with relationship strain, family challenges, parenting stress, trauma, mood concerns, and related issues.
Gardner focuses on straightforward conversations about what is happening at home. She helps people name the problems that feel most urgent and then looks for practical ways to change them. Meetings are meant to be direct and clear so that decisions about next steps are easier to make.
Her work often addresses common pressure points - communication problems, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and the fallout from separation or infidelity. She also supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, and low self-esteem. ADHD and intimacy-related concerns are part of her caseload as well.
Gardner uses methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. That means sessions may include looking at unhelpful thinking patterns, learning concrete coping skills, and setting short-term achievable goals.
Clients can expect practical tools they can try between sessions. Gardner aims to break big problems into manageable steps. She centers the work on what an individual wants to change and the small actions that lead toward those changes.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In practice this means naming recurring thinking patterns, trying different ways of thinking, and testing small behavior changes to see what helps with anxiety, depression, or relationship stress.DBT teaches specific skills for regulating intense emotions and improving communication. Sessions may involve practicing grounding, distress tolerance, and clearer ways to say what matters during family conflict or caregiving strain.
Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes brief, goal-directed work. The therapist and client pick a small, achievable change and track progress week to week, which can be helpful when there is a limited amount of time to address pressing family or relationship issues.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals and preferences and then recommend methods to try. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what is most useful.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy home life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Discuss format preferences at the first appointment so sessions can be arranged to work with everyday routines.
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Alaska
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps with relationship strain, family and parenting stress, trauma, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, and related concerns.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses practical methods from CBT, DBT, and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify patterns, teach coping skills, and set short-term goals.
How much experience does she have working in this area?
She has 15 years of professional experience working with families and adults on these kinds of challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Alaska and practices from that state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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