Dr. Eric Gardner, is a licensed clinical psychologist in the State of California (Board of Psychology, License PSY24300) and is based in Eureka, California. He earned his Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in Fresno, an American Psychological Association–accredited program. His dissertation, chaired by Siobhan O’Toole, Ph.D., was titled “Is anatomy destiny in dreams? A content analysis of the dreams of heterosexual and homosexual men and women,” defended in April 2007. He also completed a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology at the same institution (May 21, 2006), a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington (May 22, 1998), and an Associate in Arts and Sciences from Pierce College in Tacoma, Washington (December 13, 1996).

Dr. Gardner’s clinical experience spans outpatient, telehealth, institutional, and military medical settings, serving children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Most recently, he worked remotely in California as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with Brain Health USA from November 2023 to October 2025, providing telehealth psychotherapy services, including individual, couples, and family therapy. Prior to that, he served as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with Path (remote, California) from March 2022 to October 2023, delivering telehealth psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.

From September 2020 to March 2021, Dr. Gardner provided outpatient clinical services to adult service-members at the Mental Health Clinic, 377th Medical Group, U.S. Air Force, at Kirtland AFB in New Mexico. His work included brief individual psychotherapy interventions (averaging 4–7 sessions), high-risk and safety assessments, alcohol and substance use assessments, peer consultation, care coordination, and referrals. He previously served as a Clinical Psychologist (Licensed) with CHE Behavioral Health Services in Fresno, California from September 2019 to June 2020, providing services to geriatric patients in skilled nursing facilities.

Earlier in his career, Dr. Gardner worked as a Clinical Psychologist (Licensed) at Munson Army Health Center (Gentry Clinic), U.S. Army, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas from April 2016 to December 2018, and at Gallup Indian Medical Center, Indian Health Services, in Gallup, New Mexico from October 17, 2011 to December 25, 2015, including serving as Acting Department Chief, 4-Directions Behavioral Health Services (January–September 2015).