About April
April Barker-Casey is a licensed independent social worker with more than 25 years of experience in Ohio. She focuses on practical help for people dealing with strong emotions and life changes. She offers steady support while people figure out what matters most to them.
Her approach starts with listening. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and builds on existing strengths. Sessions move at a pace that fits the client's concerns and readiness to change.
How April works
April often helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, trauma, or depression. She also works with mood disorders, ADHD, panic, and difficulties tied to relationships and self-esteem. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, dissociation, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.
Her style mixes practical tools and reflective conversation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques are used to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns. Solution-Focused strategies help set clear, manageable goals and track progress.
April also draws on client-centered and narrative methods to create room for a person's story and values. Motivational Interviewing is used when people want help finding reasons to change and keeping momentum. The overall aim is to combine useful skills with the client's own strengths so they can handle everyday challenges more confidently.
April lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What April works with
The areas below are the ones April selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on a person's own strengths; it creates space for people to tell their story and decide what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) uses practical exercises to identify unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that feed anxiety or low mood. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck by gently clarifying their reasons for change and boosting their commitment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. April will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they respond to different ideas. She collaborates on a plan and adjusts methods over time so sessions stay useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make sessions easier to fit into busy lives. Video gives the most face-to-face feel, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging works for ongoing, shorter communication. These options aim to make regular contact and progress more practical for everyday routines.
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