About Madeline
Madeline Gardiner is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas. She focuses on common struggles like stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Madeline also helps people facing relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, intimacy concerns, and career questions.
Madeline uses a direct and supportive manner in sessions. She listens first to understand where someone is starting from. Then she works with each person to set clear, reachable goals and practical steps to move forward.
How Madeline works
Her approach draws from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses mindfulness practices and EMDR for trauma-related concerns when appropriate. The Gottman Method informs her work on relationship and communication issues.
With three years of experience, Madeline blends methods to match the needs of each person. She pays attention to cultural background and individual values while keeping sessions focused and goal-oriented. Her style is warm and encouraging, aimed at helping people break problems into manageable steps.
Madeline offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. She speaks English and works with people in Texas. To begin, a client selects the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Madeline lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Madeline works with
The areas below are the ones Madeline selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Madeline’s Approaches Work Online
Madeline uses client-centered therapy to place the person’s needs at the center of care. That means sessions focus on the client’s goals and experiences, with the therapist listening closely and reflecting back what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, targets patterns of thought and behavior that fuel anxiety or depression and provides specific skills to change those patterns. EMDR is used for trauma-related distress and involves guided eye movements or similar techniques to help process traumatic memories when appropriate.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Madeline will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face from wherever they are. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is an issue. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to check in between longer sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people access care that fits their life and rhythm.
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