Open Since 2018

After I watched the hospice team give our family support during my Uncle Myron's cancer in 1998, I knew what I wanted to do for my career. I went back to college after the summer that he passed away and told my Guidance Counselor, I don't want to go to medical school anymore, I want to become a Counselor. So, she happily helped me do the paperwork, make sure I had the right courses and I applied to grad school for Clinical Psychology.

I wanted to help people. I wanted to be there to comfort them. I wanted to listen to their struggles. I wanted to help them find hope.

Since my graduation in 2001, I have helped over a thousand families cope with difficult and tragic situations. I specialized in working with new moms and families who have lost a baby. I have helped the lonely teen son, the addict husband, the angry daughter and the hopeless mom. Each family struck by different circumstances. Each family needed hope and to find the tools that would bring them strength.

In 2018, I opened my own counseling practice in the suburbs of Chicago. During the pandemic, I saw all of the clients via Telehealth. In 2022, we moved as a family to the Tampa, FL area to be in the sunshine and near the beach!

As we have made close friends in the area through youth football, the dance studio and our church family at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, I want to support local families.



July 2024

July 2024 is the opening of Find Your Tranquility, LLC in New Tampa, FL. Our focus will be working with families coping with medical crisis. My heart is with the Family Caregivers, who selflessly serve and love but desperately need to refuel and a refresh. Counseling can give you a space for that renewal. Counseling can also be a great choice for families to work through the communication difficulties, conflict resolution, identifying roles in the family during the crisis, and the best tools to cope with the ongoing fatigue from the serious diagnosis, illness or injury.

You may be in the worst storm of your life right now. You are not alone. Our team of compassionate professionals will listen to you, give you guidance from their wealth of knowledge and help you to find your tranquility.

Find Your Tranquility

It is hard to imagine another calm day or a peaceful weekend when you are amidst the pain of a medical crisis. Your mind is full of worries. Your body is full of tension. Your spirit is tired and weary.

I named the business Tranquility, which means - without distress, free of stress, a place of calm and serenity. If you can get moments of tranquility each day, you will improve your emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being.

Our counselors are like guides in a new city, they will show the best ways to navigate through and how to appreciate the good. Sometimes it just takes someone walking the journey with you to see where the map is leading.

Your circumstance may have many ups and downs for weeks, months and years to come. However, know that our team at Find Your Tranquility is here to help you restore energy, build strength and find your inner peace.

Let us know how we can help you!

~ Kathryn Gardner

Kathryn D. Gardner, LMHC, LCPC, CHC

Owner, Licensed Therapist in Florida and Illinois, Certified Health Coach

office 813-333-8770

email info@findyourtranquility.com