About Me
Are you looking for support in removing what is blocking you from loving who you are, doing what you love, and connecting with the people you love? I can help you develop more positive relationships and become more aware of what might be stopping you from moving forward in your personal and professional life. I provide an empathic environment that opens the way for self-discovery. I hope that you will feel supported and more confident as you take steps toward living a life you feel passionate about.
I approach therapy as a collaborative process, working with each client to fully realize their own goals, desires, needs, path, etc. This varies from client to client as I meet each individual where they are and base each contact on their individual needs. I strive to communicate with clients in a safe, nonjudgmental, and compassionate way.
My number one goal for all of my clients is helping them get to a place of more self-trust, self-compassion, and self-love. Wouldn't it feel amazing to trust yourself so much that you don't constantly second guess yourself, over-analyze, or question every decision you make?
I am also a Neuroscience Coach, Intuitive Coach, Certified Daring Way Facilitator, Kundalini Reiki Master, and use somatic approaches such as guided meditation and breath work.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
Self esteem , Depression , Compassion fatigue , Attachment Issues , Communication Problems , Forgiveness , Guilt and Shame , Isolation/Loneliness , Life Purpose , Money and Financial Issues , Multicultural Concerns , Self-Love , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Somatic Therapy
Services Offered
Messaging
Phone
Video
Licensing
LPC #5189-125 (Expires: 2023-02-28)
Reviews
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April is caring, understanding, and very experienced. She's the best of the best!
April has been an amazing therapist for me, I have been away from counseling for a long time and we just jumped into it and started working on the things in my life that I have needed help with for so long. She has helped me to grow and improve and hold down a job and make the changes that I've been wanting to make in my life. I am looking forward to seeing how far April can help me go
April is so amazing, she is very understanding and genuine. She is very reassuring when it comes to my needs and wants. She is also very responsive and will make sure I'm not missing any thing.
The betterhelp website and therapist, April are both a godsend. I was struggling with a lot of head talk that was not going anywhere positive until I found this site. April is nonjudgmental, a great listener, and has some concrete things to suggest to help me move out of my head and take positive action. I highly recommend April!
She's fantastic!
April helped me through an incredibly difficult time in my life, and I'm very grateful to have had her as a therapist. She is such a great listener, pays attention to details and meets people where they're at.
April is helpful and honest.
April was really great at helping me discover a lot of these issues and toxic behaviors I would end up falling for in the past. She has been really helpful for the past 8-9 months I got to work with her. I'd highly recommend her counseling to anyone going through similar issues I went through. She's been great.
April has been very supportive of what my focus has been in receiving counseling. She listens well and helps guide me to understand certain subjects we discuss. She has been a great benefit to the areas I’ve been focused on during therapy and I always look forward to our sessions.
She is a treasure, and I don't even use that word. I was very lucky to get matched up with her. She is helpful, warm, and accepting.
April knows exactly what I want to work on and is always there for me. She’s easy to talk to and a good listener.
April is amazing, everything that we have been talking about has helped me to see things in a better perspective. She has allowed me to understand that the things I am going through are not the end of the world and that I truly can get through this.
Talking with April has been one of the most gratifying experiences in my life. I always leave my sessions with her feeling better and hopeful. She is extremely compassionate and intuitive to situations and feelings. I am very lucky to have been matched with her as my therapist.
I've been working with April for the past 4 months and it's been awesome. She has good experience and offers well thought out advice.
She is amazingly awesome! She understands my problems and helps me work through them, sometimes with worksheets as a starting point but sometimes not. It’s all dependent on what you need.
I really believe that I was matched with the right counselor. She respects me and seems genuinely concerned about my problems and also seems eager to help me.
April is friendly, compassionate and extremely knowledgeable. She's able to give constructive criticism in a very gentle and loving way. I really enjoy our conversations and our sessions together.
I haven’t gotten a lot of time to get to know April, but I already feel she is taking my concerns seriously and understands where I need support. I look forward to continuing work with her.
April has been a good counselor, she has been helpful and I've enjoyed her counseling.
My life has been overwhelming for me the past few years and I have talked to my doctor and other therapists which was not useful. After losing my sister to breast cancer and I was her primary caregiver, I became sick myself at which time I lost my job and everything. April has been a breath of fresh air and she listens to me and does not scold or preach to me. If it was not for Better Help I would not be able to conquer the small tasks in my life.
She knows what she's doing and responds in a timely manner! Positive experience overall.