About Madeline
Madeline Gardiner, LPC, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. She offers steady, practical support for parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, and life transitions. Her manner is warm and encouraging and she focuses on small, clear steps that clients can take between sessions.
Madeline draws on client-centered care to meet people where they are. She combines that with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to help shift unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills.
Background and approach
For trauma-related concerns she uses EMDR to address distressing memories when appropriate. Sessions are collaborative. The therapist and client work together to set concrete goals and track progress.
Madeline prefers short, doable actions that fit into daily life rather than abstract homework. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas with three years of counseling experience. Madeline has worked with people facing anxiety, parenting stress, blended family challenges, depression, and caregiving strain.
Her background includes assisting clients with relationship difficulties and navigating major life changes. Madeline pays attention to cultural and lifestyle factors that shape each person’s experience. She adapts methods and pace based on individual needs and preferences.
Clients can expect straightforward feedback, warmth, and practical techniques aimed at easing day-to-day struggles. Her approach blends evidence-based tools with a person-first attitude. That means sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on skills that can be used right away.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person first and adapts to each individual's pace and needs. Online sessions let the therapist follow the client’s lead while offering practical feedback and goal-setting to address anxiety, parenting stress, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. In virtual sessions CBT involves identifying unhelpful thought patterns and practicing small behavior changes and coping skills between meetings to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, known as EMDR, is used to reduce distress from traumatic memories. When done online the therapist guides bilateral stimulation and teaches grounding and stabilization techniques before working through targeted memories.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and adjust methods based on each person's goals and comfort. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to try and when to shift course.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction for skill practice and EMDR work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during short breaks. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, coaching-style prompts, or ongoing reminders between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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