About April
April Nance is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eight years of clinical experience. She brings a calm, kind presence to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, and mood concerns. She emphasizes practical steps people can use each day.
April uses client-centered talk therapy to build trust and help people feel heard. She believes people know themselves best and offers guidance without judgment. When helpful, she incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and coping.
Background and approach
Before becoming a counselor, April studied Scientific Inquiry and completed a bachelor’s thesis in neuroscience on brain signals related to eating and behavior. She also worked as a research scientist and educator in the natural health field, which shaped her long-term interest in cultural diversity and holistic approaches to wellness.
In sessions she uses assessment interviews at intervals to track progress and find strengths to build on. Her approach is practical and collaborative: she and the client set goals and choose strategies that fit daily life. She also brings an emphasis on ethics, education, and advocacy to her work.
People who meet with April can expect straightforward guidance, down-to-earth conversation, and tools to manage mood, relationships, and addictive behaviors. She practices in Texas as an LPC and works in ways meant to support motivation and lasting change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
April often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, building trust, and helping people decide what matters most to them. This approach is useful for stress, low self esteem, relationship concerns, and general life transitions.She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify patterns of unhelpful thinking and change behaviors that maintain anxiety or low mood. CBT gives concrete exercises and short homework tasks people can use between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. April collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and daily life. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies as progress and priorities change.
Online therapy with her is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat helps with quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use tools that match how someone prefers to communicate.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family conflicts
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English