About Vikki
Vikki Gardner is a licensed counselor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps that fit into a busy life. Her tone is steady and encouraging for someone taking a first step toward change.
Gardner has 23 years of professional experience and holds LPC and LPCC credentials. She is licensed in Michigan and Ohio and has helped people with relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and motivation.
Background and approach
She also has experience supporting those coping with depression and postpartum mood changes. In sessions she treats each person as the expert on their own story. She looks for strengths you already have and helps you use them to face difficult moments.
Conversations aim to be direct and useful, not full of jargon or long lectures. Gardner addresses a wide range of concerns that often overlap with anxiety, including abandonment, communication problems, dissociation, and family of origin issues. She also works with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and issues connected to prejudice and discrimination.
Therapy options include formats that fit different schedules and needs. Gardner helps people explore life purpose, handle divorce and separation, and manage seasonal shifts in mood. Her approach centers on collaboration and practical coping skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Vikki Gardner uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and rebuilding daily routines. One common approach emphasizes learning coping skills for anxiety and stress - clients practice grounding, breathing, and behavior changes to reduce overwhelm and improve mood. Another approach addresses trauma and post-traumatic stress by helping people safely process painful memories and strengthen current coping strategies.Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. Gardner collaborates with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust based on what helps. The plan evolves as symptoms, life demands, and priorities change, so therapy stays relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit a short break or lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Michigan
- Languages
- English
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