About Bernadette
Bernadette Holyoke uses a client-centered approach to guide people through hard moments. She combines practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy with attention to attachment and acceptance, helping people find clearer ways to cope. Bernadette is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Oklahoma with seven years of experience.
She focuses on concerns that include trauma and abuse, mood and personality struggles, and stress related to parenting and family roles.
How Bernadette works
Common topics she addresses are anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addiction, grief, anger, self-esteem, and the effects of abandonment or adoptive and foster care experiences. In sessions she will listen closely and help people notice unhelpful thoughts and habits. Then she introduces small, practical steps that can reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning.
Techniques may include behavioral experiments, emotion regulation skills, and values-based action to support meaningful change. Bernadette pays attention to attachment patterns and the ways relationships affect behavior. She also draws on dialectical skills for managing intense emotions and on acceptance strategies to reduce struggle with painful feelings.
Her style aims to be warm, direct, and focused on what someone can do between sessions. People meet with Bernadette using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Sessions are available through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging, and are conducted in English for clients located in Oklahoma.
Bernadette lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Bernadette works with
The areas below are the ones Bernadette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oklahoma |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing small behaviors that match personal values to build a meaningful life. It can help when worry, depression, or life transitions make it hard to act in ways that matter.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape expectations and emotional responses. Addressing attachment patterns can improve communication, reduce reactivity, and help someone feel steadier in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they will decide which methods to try and adjust them over time based on progress and comfort.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people use face-to-face interaction when possible. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for short check-ins, writing out thoughts, or staying connected between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible for people juggling work, caregiving, or transportation challenges.
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