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Catherine Gardner, LICSW

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationAlabama
  • Focus areasADHD, Self esteem, and Career
  • LanguagesEnglish
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About Catherine

Catherine Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on helping people build motivation, confidence, and clearer direction in their careers and daily lives.

Background and approach

With 12 years of professional experience as an LICSW, she works with individuals seeking support for self-esteem, career challenges, coaching needs, and compassion fatigue, and she brings a respectful, compassionate stance to each client interaction.

Her practice emphasizes tailoring conversations and care plans to the unique circumstances of each person, addressing related concerns such as ADHD, chronic pain or illness, fertility and pregnancy-related stress, postpartum depression, seasonal mood changes, and feelings of isolation or shame.

Catherine centers sensitivity and respect in her work and encourages clients to view the decision to seek help as an important act of courage. She offers flexible online options and structures sessions to reflect each client’s goals, whether that means practical coaching for workplace issues or deeper work around self-love, forgiveness, and life purpose.

Her approach is collaborative, aiming to support clients toward more fulfilling, sustainable ways of living.

Approaches and Online Options for Practical Change

Many clients benefit from structured, evidence-based techniques that build skills and clarity. One common approach emphasizes skill-building and problem-solving to improve motivation, time management, and workplace functioning; it is useful for career difficulties and challenges often associated with ADHD. Another approach focuses on exploring beliefs about the self and relationships to reduce shame and strengthen self-esteem and self-love, which can help with postpartum mood concerns, forgiveness work, and isolation.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each client to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust strategies over time so the plan fits personal needs and preferences rather than following a fixed protocol.

Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals while accommodating work, family, or health constraints, and they allow the therapist to adapt pacing and tools to what helps the client most.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Catherine commonly help with?
Catherine assists with self-esteem, career challenges, coaching needs, compassion fatigue, and ADHD, along with related issues such as chronic illness, fertility concerns, postpartum mood changes, and feelings of isolation or shame.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a collaborative, tailored approach that emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while shaping conversations and plans around each client’s priorities and strengths.
How much clinical experience does she have?
The therapist has 12 years of professional experience working with clients in a variety of concerns, bringing that background to individualized treatment and coaching work.
Where is she licensed and what are her credentials?
She is an LICSW licensed in Alabama, credential number AL LICSW 4489C, practicing from that state.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for working together?
Clients can meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is pricing handled for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
To get started select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Self esteemCareer difficultiesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Chronic pain, illness, and disabilityFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposePostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Alabama

Languages

English

What Catherine can help with

Catherine Gardner works with clients on self esteem, career difficulties, coaching, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

Catherine works with clients with motivation, self esteem, confidence, and career difficulties.

Experience and training

Catherine is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker practicing in Alabama, with 12 years of clinical experience.