About April
April Bolin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 25 years of experience helping people navigate loss, anxiety, depression, and big life shifts. She focuses on practical support for grief, trauma, addiction, stress, parenting strain, and issues around identity and intimacy. Her approach is steady and compassionate, aimed at helping people find clearer thinking and more workable habits.
April blends talk-based work with concrete tools. She often uses cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with manageable practices.
How April works
She also draws on client-centered listening to make sure each person feels heard and respected. Her background includes work in intensive care settings and a pastoral training from the Chaplaincy Institute’s Interfaith Seminary. That combination informs a psycho-spiritual perspective for those dealing with grief, caregiver exhaustion, or recovery from religious hurt.
She describes herself as spiritual but not aligned with any single faith tradition. April emphasizes collaboration and lived experience. She believes therapists who have faced their own struggles can offer practical empathy and realistic strategies.
Sessions aim to create small, sustainable changes rather than overnight fixes. People can expect short-term skill building alongside deeper reflection. April helps people sort priorities, manage symptoms like anger or panic, and reconnect with purpose.
Her work supports a wide range of concerns from mood disorders and ADHD to relationship and family stress.
April lists 8 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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
April often uses Client-Centered Therapy to provide a listening space where people feel understood and respected. This approach emphasizes the person’s own goals and helps build self-trust through reflective conversation and active listening.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify patterns of thinking that lead to distress. CBT focuses on small, practical steps and exercises people can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. April will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with problem-focused CBT exercises and adding client-centered or reflective work over time.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes scheduling easier and offers different ways to connect. Video lets people use visual cues during conversation. Phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work for short check-ins, brief reflections, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options aim to make it possible to continue care despite busy schedules, caregiving demands, or distance from a therapist.
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