Fennisha Gardner, LCSW

Fennisha Gardner is an LCSW with 15 years of experience helping people facing relationship, family, and personal stress. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. She aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about what they are feeling.

Her work often centers on relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, anxiety, and depression. She also helps with parenting challenges, caregiver stress, addictions, grief, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. Young adults and women’s concerns are included among her focus areas, as are blended family and communication problems.

Fennisha uses straightforward, skills-based approaches. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and shift patterns of thought and behavior. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, achievable goals.

Clients can expect direct collaboration on goals and steps to reach them. Sessions aim to break bigger problems into manageable tasks. Fennisha describes therapy as a process of trying small changes, reviewing results, and adjusting plans together.

She practices in Alaska and conducts sessions in English. People who are looking for support with caregiving stress, blended family challenges, or life transitions may find her practical style helpful. To begin, follow the listed start steps to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Fennisha’s Approaches Work Online

Fennisha uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that lead to different results. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress when someone wants clear steps to try between meetings.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills help when strong emotions or conflict make it hard to follow through on goals. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set short-term, practical goals and to build on what is already working in someone’s life.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable. Together they choose which methods to try and adjust them based on what helps most.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let someone keep regular work or caregiving routines while attending therapy, making steady progress more practical.