About Fennisha
Fennisha Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker in Alaska with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns in a straightforward, compassionate way. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can say what they think and feel.
Sessions are practical and focused on small steps that can make daily life easier. Fennisha encourages honest conversation and clear goals to guide progress.
Background and approach
Her background is in social work with families and youth at risk, which shaped a hands-on approach to problem solving. She draws on approaches that teach skills for handling strong emotions, changing unhelpful thoughts, and finding workable solutions when life feels stuck.
Typical topics she helps with include communication problems, parenting stress, blended family challenges, grief, and issues around intimacy, commitment, or infidelity. She also supports people facing addiction, anger, or concerns tied to family of origin and caregiver strain. Fennisha uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to build coping skills and improve day-to-day functioning.
She works together with each person to pick strategies that fit their life and goals.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Fennisha often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. DBT teaches concrete skills for regulating intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term, achievable goals and track small wins. Together these approaches aim to give practical tools a person can use between sessions. Choosing the right mix of methods is a team process and she will collaborate with each client to find what fits their needs and goals.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or fit a tight schedule. Live chat and messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel commitments while keeping progress steady.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Alaska
- Languages
- English
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