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April Fortner, LPC

  • Experience16 years
  • LocationTexas
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About April

April Fortner is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Texas who draws on Internal Family Systems alongside client-centered and cognitive-behavioral methods to help people navigate stress, relationships, and life transitions.

Background and approach

With 16 years of clinical experience, she offers individualized care for a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, trauma, grief, intimacy challenges, and self-esteem struggles. April emphasizes understanding each person’s internal experience and tailoring interventions to fit their unique needs.

She brings particular attention to relationship and marital concerns, parenting and new parent issues, and coping strategies for addiction and trauma. April aims to cultivate an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored and healed.

Her practice blends practical tools from CBT with empathic, client-centered listening and the parts-focused perspective of IFS to support personal insight and meaningful change. Beginning therapy can feel daunting, and April acknowledges the courage it takes to start.

She works collaboratively with clients to set goals, adapt approaches, and move at a pace that feels right for each individual.

Integrating evidence-based approaches in online therapy

April integrates Internal Family Systems, client-centered principles, and cognitive behavioral strategies into online work. Internal Family Systems helps clients notice and gently relate to different internal parts or voices, which can be useful for healing trauma, managing anxiety, and resolving inner conflicts. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, creating room for clients to lead the pace and focus of sessions while building trust and self-understanding. CBT offers practical skills for identifying and reshaping unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, supporting improvements in mood, anxiety, and coping with life changes.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process; the therapist collaborates with each person to explore which methods fit their goals, values, and preferences. Over the first sessions she will discuss options, try techniques, and adjust the plan so work feels relevant and achievable.

Online therapy provides flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or manage care from home. These formats support ongoing therapeutic work, allow for consistent contact, and let clients practice skills between meetings while staying connected with a licensed professional.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist often address?
She works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder.
What therapeutic styles guide sessions?
Sessions draw on client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), emotionally-focused methods, Gottman-informed ideas for relationships, and an Internal Family Systems perspective to explore internal parts and patterns.
How much clinical experience does she bring?
April has 16 years of professional experience working with adults on relationship, parenting, addiction, trauma, and related concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She holds an LPC credential in Texas under license number TX LPC 67156 and practices from that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are provided in English; she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available online?
Clients can meet via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on scheduling and preference.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHearing impairedHoardingInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPersonality disordersPhobiasSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

Texas

Languages

English