Carol Gardner

Carol Gardner is a licensed professional counselor in Texas with three decades of clinical experience. She focuses on helping individuals navigate complex emotional concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and trauma and abuse. Her work also attends to issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, and mood and panic disorders.

Her approach is faith-informed and integrates multiple clinical methods to meet each person where they are. She draws on attachment-based perspectives to explore relational patterns, uses cognitive behavioral strategies to address thinking and behavior, and incorporates mindfulness and trauma-focused techniques when appropriate. Carol emphasizes self-love, forgiveness, and purposeful living as themes that often arise in her work.

Carol offers a professional and steady presence for those seeking thoughtful, methodical care. She holds an LPC credential and maintains a practice in Texas. Her practice aims to provide space for exploration of difficult emotions, communication difficulties, and life transitions while honoring each person’s unique journey.