About Sean
Sean Gardner is a licensed professional counselor who brings a decade of clinical experience to his work. He practices as an LPC and LMHC and aims to help people make real changes in day-to-day life. He focuses on building presence, authenticity, and stronger connections with oneself and others.
Sean draws on both personal and professional history to inform his approach. He served in the U.S. Navy and later worked as a firefighter-paramedic before studying psychology at Arizona State University.
Background and approach
He earned a master’s degree in counseling psychology and has worked in inpatient settings with adolescents and in social work with Veterans Affairs helping veterans find housing. Over the last several years, Sean has focused on online psychotherapy. He uses straightforward talk and practical skills to address issues like anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, trauma, and grief.
He also supports people facing life changes, relationship challenges, parenting stress, and concerns about self-esteem and identity. In sessions, Sean combines active listening with hands-on tools. He often uses techniques that help people notice thoughts, make values-based choices, and practice new behaviors.
He aims for clarity and realistic steps rather than long lectures or complex jargon. Sean works with people across a wide range of concerns including mood difficulties, attention differences, chronic illness, and intimacy-related issues. He offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
To begin, he asks clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to availability.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and acting according to personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, burnout, and making choices during life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, mood issues, and managing stress.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that seem helpful. Adjustments are made over time so the work fits the client’s needs and preferences rather than forcing a single method.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, and notes that can be reviewed later. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep steady progress over time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii, Arizona
- Languages
- English