About Sean
Sean Gardner is a licensed professional counselor and licensed mental health counselor with ten years of clinical experience. He practices from a perspective that blends body-based awareness with talk therapy, helping people reconnect with themselves and manage life’s pressures. His approach aims to help people feel more present, authentic, and connected in everyday life.
Sean draws on both Somatic techniques and evidence-informed therapies to address stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Background and approach
He also supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, addiction concerns, and identity-related issues. Sessions emphasize practical tools people can use between meetings to cope and stay grounded. His clinical background includes work in inpatient settings with adolescents and social work with Veterans Affairs to help homeless veterans find housing.
He has also provided online psychotherapy for several years, bringing that experience into remote sessions to keep conversations focused and accessible. Sean’s life experience includes service in the US Navy and time as a firefighter-paramedic, which shape his practical, steady approach.
People meet him for help with sleep and eating concerns, career stress, ADHD, chronic illness or pain, and difficult family or communication problems. He offers a calm, nonjudgmental style and aims to help each person uncover realistic steps forward.
Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Sean completed a BA in Psychology at Arizona State University and earned a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu. He holds the Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor credential and the Hawaii Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential.
How online therapy uses somatic and evidence-based tools
Sean blends Somatic work with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered techniques. Somatic work helps people notice bodily sensations and how stress shows up in the body, which can aid in calming nervous system reactions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. Client-Centered Therapy creates a supportive space where the person’s experience is listened to and reflected without judgment.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Sean will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. Adjustments happen along the way so the work stays practical and relevant to daily life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats let people fit sessions into busy days, check in between meetings, and choose the communication style that feels safest and most comfortable. Licensed professionals can use these options to support steady progress from wherever the client is located.
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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