Holly Gardenier, LPC

Holly Gardenier is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Wisconsin with 35 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, anxiety, stress, intimacy issues, eating concerns, anger, bipolar disorder, and life changes. Her practice also addresses codependency, attachment and family of origin matters, abandonment, and related struggles like guilt and shame.

Holly emphasizes practical work in sessions. She listens for what matters most and helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck. She uses methods that bring awareness to present choices and increase the ability to tolerate difficult feelings. Meditation and mindfulness are often part of how she supports clearer daily decisions.

Her background includes extended focus on trauma mitigation, grief work, and addictions. That experience informs how she helps people manage strong emotions and risky behaviors. Sessions often include straightforward skill-building to reduce overwhelm and find steadier ways of coping.

Holly favors approaches that center the person’s own values and experience. She integrates acceptance-based skills with emotion-focused work to address relationship pain and intimate concerns. Her style involves clear discussion of patterns such as people-pleasing, boundary difficulties, or living around someone else’s crises.

People who come to her are often trying to stop repeating the same relational dynamics. She helps them identify small, concrete steps to set limits, tend to their own needs, and live with more intention. Practical tools and ongoing reflection are regular parts of the work.

How her approaches shape online sessions