Holly Gardenier, LPC

Wisconsin · 35 years in practice

Holly Gardenier is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 35 years of experience who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and other painful life challenges.

License and registration

LPC, Wisconsin: 4187-125 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1669506846 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 35
Languages: English

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About Holly

Holly Gardenier is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 35 years of experience who helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and other painful life challenges. She offers calm, straightforward guidance for people who want to feel steadier, clearer, and more able to make choices that match their values.

Holly works with a wide range of concerns including trauma, eating issues, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and LGBTQ matters. Holly draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people understand and shift painful patterns in relationships and within themselves.

Background and approach

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered approaches to support practical change and emotional growth. In sessions she focuses on what matters most to the client and on small steps that can reduce distress. Her style is direct but compassionate.

She encourages mindfulness practices such as brief daily meditation and helps people learn skills to tolerate uncertainty and strong feelings. Treatment plans are tailored to each person's situation and goals. Holly has a long history of working with grief and trauma and has extensive experience with addictions and difficult behavior patterns.

She pays attention to attachment and family-of-origin issues that often underlie current struggles. People who are hoping to manage stress, mend difficult relationships, or find more purpose may find her approach practical and steady. She offers sessions in multiple formats to fit different needs and situations.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Holly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Addictions
LGBT
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Depression
Stress, Anxiety
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Codependency
Commitment issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dissociation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Forgiveness
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Personality disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Holly names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Holly uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and shift patterns in their emotional life and relationships. EFT focuses on identifying core emotions and changing how people respond to them, which can help with intimacy-related struggles and longstanding emotional pain.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small committed actions toward a meaningful life. ACT teaches practical skills for noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Holly will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit best for their goals, symptoms, and day-to-day life. That shared decision-making helps shape a plan that feels practical and doable.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy week. Video visits let therapists see nonverbal cues and work through emotion-focused exercises, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat is helpful for shorter check-ins or ongoing support. These options give flexibility so therapy can match how someone prefers to connect.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Holly help with?

She supports people coping with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions, eating issues, anger, bipolar concerns, and intimacy-related struggles. Additional focuses include attachment, codependency, abandonment, and family-of-origin issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is steady and practical with a mix of Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered work. Sessions emphasize understanding emotions, doing small valued actions, and building coping skills.

What background and experience does she have?

Holly is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 35 years of clinical experience. Much of her work focuses on grief, trauma, and addictions.

Where is she located and what credentials does she hold?

She practices from Wisconsin and holds the LPC credential in that state.

Can non-U.S. clients work with her?

Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions with people outside the United States.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How is cost handled for therapy?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Holly?

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