About Vikki
Vikki Gardner is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She talks plainly and focuses on practical steps a person can use between sessions. Vikki acknowledges how hard it can feel to reach out and encourages small first steps toward change.
Her approach centers on recognizing each person's strengths and using those strengths to handle current challenges.
Background and approach
She treats clients as the experts on their own stories and works alongside them to build clearer goals and small, reachable plans. Conversations are meant to be down-to-earth and action-oriented, not full of clinical jargon. Vikki has worked in both Michigan and Ohio and holds LPC and LPCC credentials.
Over two decades of practice have given her experience with many mood and stress-related concerns, including postpartum depression, seasonal affective disorder, and post-traumatic stress. She also helps people facing communication problems, separation and divorce, and identity-related stress such as prejudice and discrimination.
Sessions typically look at what is happening now while also tracing patterns from family of origin or past wounds that affect current decisions. Vikki uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to reduce symptoms and build coping skills. She supports people in finding a pace that fits their life and adjusting plans as progress is made.
People choose to work with her when they want a steady, experienced counselor who listens, helps set realistic steps, and focuses on practical tools for daily life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Vikki uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building coping skills and resolving patterns that keep problems going. One common approach she uses teaches concrete coping and emotion-regulation skills to manage anxiety, mood swings, and stress. These techniques break down overwhelming feelings into steps people can practice between sessions. Another common focus is on identifying and shifting unhelpful relationship patterns and communication habits; this helps people improve interactions and feel less stuck when dealing with conflict or life transitions.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust strategies over time. Clients and the therapist review what's working and change course when needed so care fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Vikki provides video calls for deeper conversations, phone sessions when video isn't practical, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow people to choose the format that best suits their schedule and comfort.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, Michigan
- Languages
- English