Sean Gardner , LPC, LMHC

Sean Gardner is a licensed mental health counselor who combines personal experience and clinical training to help people move toward greater presence, authenticity, and connection. He works with individuals facing relationship conflict, major life transitions, post-traumatic stress, and a wide range of emotional concerns, offering a steady, nonjudgmental space to explore challenges and find practical ways forward. Sean believes that each person carries an inner capacity for healing and growth, and he guides clients back to a sense of mental balance, genuine well-being, and renewed perspective.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona, he served on active duty in the US Navy and later worked as a city firefighter-paramedic in Virginia. After returning to Arizona, he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Arizona State University. In 2011 he relocated to Oahu, Hawaii, where he launched his mental health career and earned a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Chaminade University of Honolulu in 2016. His clinical background includes work as an inpatient therapist with adolescents and social work with the Department of Veterans Affairs assisting homeless veterans in finding housing, and he has delivered psychotherapy online for several years.

Sean holds professional licenses in both Arizona and Hawaii - LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and LMHC, Licensed Mental Health Counselor - and brings that formal training to his work with people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship issues, addictions, grief, and many other concerns. He draws from evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and trauma-focused techniques to help clients build coping skills, improve communication, and reclaim a sense of purpose. Recently he relocated to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and continues to support clients with a compassionate, practical approach.

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