About April
April Hitchcock-Fofana is a licensed social worker in Michigan with 20 years of clinical experience. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and challenges with self-esteem. April uses practical, human-centered methods to help people feel steadier and more capable in daily life.
Her approach is rooted in client-centered therapy, so sessions focus on the person's priorities and pace. She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach clear skills for managing intense feelings and unhelpful thoughts.
How April works
Motivational interviewing helps when people want change but feel stuck. Sessions are aimed at real problems like sleep disruption, parenting strain, substance use concerns, compassion fatigue, and bipolar mood challenges. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, body image, and attachment worries.
The work is practical and goal-oriented while remaining supportive. April balances empathy with structured tools. In a typical meeting she listens first, helps set a small goal, and offers techniques to try between sessions.
Those techniques might include brief behavioral experiments, mindfulness exercises, or communication practice. People who prefer a collaborative, steady clinician may find her approach helpful. She offers multiple online session formats to fit different schedules and life demands.
April aims to help clients build resilience, clearer thinking, and more satisfying daily routines.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
April commonly uses client-centered therapy, which means conversations are guided by what matters most to the person. The clinician listens, reflects, and helps set goals that feel relevant to daily life. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is also a regular part of her practice; it focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. April works with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and preferences, adjusting techniques over time based on what helps most. Goals and pacing are set together so the work stays practical and meaningful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a fast check-in, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help fit therapy into busy days and different life situations.
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