Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How April works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About April
April Fortner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 16 years of clinical experience. She uses a direct, caring style to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship concerns. Her approach aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and take small, useful steps forward.
She focuses on everyday problems like coping with life changes, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, and challenges linked to addiction.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, and issues tied to identity and intimacy. April works with individuals who want practical tools and clearer communication with others. April blends client-centered listening with structured strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy.
She also draws on emotionally-focused methods and relationship tools to address how people connect. Those combined approaches let her tailor sessions to what each person needs most. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
She helps people name patterns, try small experiments between sessions, and build skills for managing strong emotions like anger. Sessions emphasize clear steps people can use outside the appointment. April recognizes that starting therapy takes courage.
She encourages clients to move at a pace that feels manageable and to set concrete goals. Her goal is to help people feel more steady, capable, and understood as they work through their concerns.
What April works with
Everything April lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in April's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches April lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and able to explore their thoughts and emotions before trying new strategies.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches clear skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for managing anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and mood issues by breaking concerns into manageable steps and daily practices.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy emphasizes understanding emotions in relationships and improving how people connect. It can help with intimacy issues, communication problems, and repairing patterns that cause repeated conflict.
Finding the right approach is something the therapist will do together with each client. April will talk about goals, try approaches that fit those goals, and adjust methods based on what the client prefers and what actually helps.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are a close substitute for in-person sessions. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people choose the way that works best for their life.
Questions people ask about April
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and family issues, coping with life changes, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain, career and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and related struggles.
What therapeutic approaches are used in sessions?
Sessions combine client-centered listening with evidence-informed methods like cognitive behavioral therapy, emotionally-focused techniques, the Gottman Method for relationship work, and motivational interviewing to support change.
How much experience does the therapist have?
April has 16 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including relationships, addiction, trauma, and mood or stress-related issues.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas and provides services from that location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.