Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Bernadette works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Bernadette
Bernadette Holyoke, LPC, uses client-centered care as the heart of her approach. She pairs practical techniques with a calm, direct style to help people manage strong emotions and everyday stress. Bernadette works from Oklahoma and brings seven years of experience to sessions.
She focuses on issues like anger, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, and addictions. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, grief, relationship problems, and life changes. Many clients come for help with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
Bernadette blends cognitive behavioral tools with acceptance-based ideas to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. She uses attachment-informed work to look at how early bonds affect current relationships. In sessions she keeps language simple and goals concrete so people can try things between appointments.
Her background includes treating disruptive behaviors, communication problems, and the fallout from separation or adoption. She has experience with substance use issues, domestic violence aftermath, dissociation, and avoidance patterns. Bernadette also offers coaching-style support for people needing skills to handle caregiver stress and compassion fatigue.
People seeking help can expect a straightforward process: identify current struggles, pick a few practical skills, and track small changes over time. She aims to make sessions collaborative and usable so progress can carry into daily life.
What Bernadette works with
Everything Bernadette lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Bernadette's practice.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Bernadette lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Online approaches that focus on skills and relationships
Bernadette commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice thoughts that lead to unhelpful reactions and practice new behaviors that change how they feel. It is often used for anger, anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns show up now. It helps people understand communication and connection issues, and learn different ways of relating in close relationships. Together these approaches make it easier to reduce reactivity and build steadier responses.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try a few methods, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are part of deciding which tools to use and how to practice them between sessions.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper work and learning new skills with visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or be used when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text are good for quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
Questions people ask about Bernadette
What concerns does Bernadette help with?
She helps with anger, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship and communication problems, self-esteem, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her practice is client-centered and skills focused. She combines cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and attachment-based ideas to make practical plans clients can use day to day.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with people who have mood, trauma, and personality-related concerns and with issues like substance use and disruptive behavior.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Oklahoma.
Can sessions be held in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients seen?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and starting therapy work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To start, press the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.