Therapist profile
April Fortner, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Stress
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Texas / 67156
- NPI
- 1215590658
- Experience
- 16 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
About April
April Fortner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 16 years of experience. She focuses on relationship and marital issues, parenting concerns, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and related challenges. April also lists codependency among her focus areas and works with people dealing with intimacy, communication, and repeated people-pleasing patterns.
She uses straightforward conversation to help people name what feels off in their relationships. Sessions tend to focus on what is happening now, and on small changes people can try between meetings. April draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep discussions focused on the client's priorities, and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that maintain stress and anxiety.
Her approach includes Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method when relationship dynamics are a main concern. Motivational Interviewing is used when someone wants to change behaviors tied to addiction or unhealthy routines. April aims to help clients practice clearer communication and firmer boundaries so they can reclaim parts of their life that have been sidelined.
Practical skills are a regular part of sessions. That can mean role-playing a hard conversation, naming triggers, or planning a step toward healthier limits. April encourages small experiments that test new ways of responding to old patterns.
She understands starting therapy can feel hard and acknowledges that first step. Prospective clients are invited to use the site process to match and schedule a first session when they are ready.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the client's priorities and uses open conversation to identify what matters most. Online sessions can recreate that focus by centering the agenda on the client's immediate concerns and checking in about progress each week.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep stress and anxiety going. In an online format CBT often includes practice assignments between sessions, thought records, and reviewing what worked or didn’t work since the last meeting.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) targets feelings and interaction patterns in close relationships. When relationship work is needed, sessions may involve mapping interaction cycles and practicing new ways to respond to a partner's moves.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with the client to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative choice can change as progress is made, with different tools brought in as needs shift.
The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting meetings into a busy life and making it easier to keep regular appointments. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm what formats are available before booking. Online work still focuses on real-world practice such as role-plays, communication exercises, and short between-session assignments that can be done on a schedule.
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Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Will she work on people-pleasing and boundary issues?
Yes. Codependency, communication problems, and boundary setting are listed among her focus areas and she helps people practice firmer limits.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered approach combined with CBT and emotionally-focused techniques to keep work practical and focused on the client's goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience working with relationship issues, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and parenting concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Texas and practices with that credential.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options through the booking process before scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.