About Joey
Dr. Joey Gardner is a licensed clinical social worker with a doctorate in social work and 12 years of practice. He holds LICSW and LCSW credentials and works from Arkansas.
He frames sessions as practical and interactive, aiming to help people make useful changes when life feels overwhelming. He uses straightforward, action-focused methods that break problems into manageable steps. Sessions often center on identifying unhelpful thinking, testing new behaviors, and setting small goals.
Background and approach
He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused ideas to keep work concrete and goal-oriented. Gardner has worked across school-based, inpatient, and outpatient settings. He has also supported care coordination for other providers, helping people connect with local services.
That background informs a practical approach to problem solving and referrals when more resources are needed. People come to him for stress, anxiety, depression, anger, workplace frustration, and challenges with focus such as ADHD. He also helps with relationship and communication problems, parenting concerns, and questions about life purpose.
Sessions mix talk, strategy, and straightforward plans to try between meetings. Therapy with Gardner moves at a steady, collaborative pace. He invites clients to set clear goals and tracks progress week to week.
His style is direct but supportive, aiming to build skills people can use after therapy ends.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Dr. Gardner commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online work. CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors to change how they feel. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on clear goals and small steps toward them. Sessions prioritize practical strategies and what works now, which can be useful for steady progress on specific problems. Motivational Interviewing is also part of his toolkit and helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about making changes by exploring personal reasons for change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. He will talk with clients about their goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful and realistic.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief, focused exchanges and flexible contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and maintain continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Arkansas, Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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