About April
April Pomerlyan is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with eight years of experience in North Carolina. She greets people warmly and treats counseling as a partnership. Early sessions focus on learning what matters to each person and understanding their goals.
Her style is warm but professional. April leans on strength-based work and centers a person’s values in sessions. She often starts with reflection so clients can notice thoughts and feelings that come up in daily life.
How April works
April uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She frequently draws on client-centered methods to listen and reflect, and she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns. Those two ways of working help people notice what they do, why they do it, and try small changes.
She also incorporates attachment-based ideas and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when those fit a person’s needs. That can look like focusing on important relationships, practicing emotion regulation skills, or learning new ways to connect with others. April explains options and invites questions before trying something new.
Sessions aim to be practical and focused on next steps. People address a wide range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction, parenting strain, career stress, and chronic illness. April helps people break problems into manageable steps and practices strategies between sessions.
April lists 11 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
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
How April’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions. Online sessions can use that approach to help people notice patterns in close relationships and try new ways of relating. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and reflection to help people find their own answers, and it often starts with space to talk and be heard before moving to change work. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. April will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and everyday routines and then suggest approaches to try. That choice is collaborative so people have a say in what methods are used and how quickly to move between listening and skill-building.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and emotion work. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat or texting can be useful for brief updates, coping skills, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options offer flexibility for different schedules and circumstances and help people maintain continuity of care.
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