Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Bernice works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Bernice
Bernice Hardman is a Licensed Master Social Worker who practices in Michigan. She brings ten years of clinical experience and a calm, direct style to sessions. Bernice focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and depression.
She also supports people facing parenting challenges, career strain, grief, and life transitions. Bernice uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and regulate strong emotions.
Background and approach
She also draws on narrative and trauma-focused approaches to help people make sense of difficult experiences. Sessions aim to be straightforward and skill-focused, with room to process painful memories when needed. Her approach emphasizes partnership.
Bernice works with each person to set clear goals and choose techniques that fit their daily life. She pays attention to how stress, body reactions, and beliefs interact, and offers concrete exercises to try between visits. People contact her for help with relationship conflict, communication problems, blended family issues, and workplace stress.
She also supports those coping with post-traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, prejudice and discrimination, and challenges related to pregnancy and childbirth. Bernice offers a mix of short-term coaching and longer therapeutic work. She aims to teach tools that people can use right away, while also addressing deeper patterns when clients want that.
Sessions are offered in English and are delivered via multiple online formats.
What Bernice works with
Everything Bernice lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Bernice's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Approaches Bernice lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative 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.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments. It teaches skills people can use between sessions to reduce anxiety, low mood, and reactive anger. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. It is useful when strong emotions or intense reactions get in the way of daily life. Narrative Therapy helps people tell the story of their experiences in new ways so painful events feel less defining and more manageable.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to a person's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions may mix skills training, short coaching tasks, and deeper work on past trauma as agreed together.
Online delivery uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill teaching and emotion work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief coaching, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers writing over talking. These options help people fit sessions into busy days and keep momentum between meetings.
Questions people ask about Bernice
What concerns does Bernice help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and communication problems, workplace issues, and life transitions.
What style of therapy does she use?
Bernice uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for skills and emotion regulation, and draws on narrative and trauma-focused methods when processing difficult experiences.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience working with a variety of concerns across the lifespan.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Master Social Worker with a Michigan LMSW and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.