About Consuelo
Consuelo Gardner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina with five years of practice. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress while supporting changes in mood and daily functioning. Her approach aims to make therapy feel approachable and straightforward for someone juggling family and life demands.
She follows client-centered principles that build a collaborative relationship. That means she listens first, then works with each person to set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and stay engaged in the process. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is part of her work. She uses it to identify unhelpful thoughts and teach practical coping strategies people can use between sessions.
Solution-focused techniques are added when someone wants short-term, goal-oriented steps to handle a current problem. Consuelo has experience supporting people with depression, post-partum challenges, parenting stress, grief, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also helps with social anxiety and phobia and concerns related to bipolar mood patterns.
Her style is warm and inviting, and she works to create a calm space for straightforward talk. Sessions aim to leave people with tools they can use right away. Consuelo helps clients track progress and adjust plans as life changes.
She encourages questions and keeps the plan focused on what the client can do next.
Practical approaches for online care and anxiety
Consuelo commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a partnership so the person can set their own goals and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete coping strategies people can practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then pick or combine methods that fit. Decisions are collaborative so the plan can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for face-to-face conversations and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people check in between sessions or use messaging when a quick update or brief support fits the moment.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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