Valarie Gardner, AMFT

I’m passionate about helping couples improve communication, resolve recurring conflicts, strengthen emotional intimacy, and navigate life’s challenges together. Using a compassionate, attachment-focused approach, I help partners better understand themselves and each other, break free from negative interaction cycles, and develop a deeper sense of connection, trust, and teamwork. I am trained in Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), which helps to build the skills couples need to have the emotionally close, fulfilling and loving relationship they desire.

I also use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to help both adult individuals and couples lower stress, repair past experiences, and regulate nervous system responses in relationship dynamics to create emotional safety, connection, and lasting change.

Reach out if this feels like a good fit. I look forward to starting this next chapter with you.