Fennisha Gardner

Fennisha Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of practice in Alaska. She focuses on helping people who are facing relationship strain, family changes, and life transitions. Her approach is steady and straightforward, aimed at helping people talk through what feels hard and take practical next steps.

She works with concerns such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and trauma. She also helps with intimacy-related issues, communication problems, commitment worries, and challenges tied to divorce and separation. Parenting stress, blended family dynamics, and caregiver strain are other areas she addresses.

Fennisha uses methods rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. In sessions she helps clients spot unhelpful thoughts, build coping skills, and set clear, achievable goals. The work is practical and collaborative rather than abstract.

Her background as a social work change agent with youth and families informs a hands-on style. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared. She emphasizes small, manageable changes that add up over time.

People who choose her often want a therapist who listens and helps them make plans for the next steps. She supports clients through complex family patterns and emotional pain while keeping the focus on what can be done now.

How Fennisha’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Fennisha uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, which can reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and make daily routines easier to manage. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills focus on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication, useful for intense feelings and relationship conflicts. Solution-Focused Therapy is brief and goal oriented, helping people clarify what they want to change and take small steps toward those goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and therapist review what is helping and adjust plans together as progress is made.

Specific session formats are not listed here, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by eliminating travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and offering options that suit different schedules. Licensed professionals can use these methods effectively over distance, focusing on skill building, problem solving, and practical steps clients can try between sessions.