About Cynthia
Cynthia Fradl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of clinical experience. She brings a warm, interactive style to sessions and aims to create a respectful, compassionate space for people to start healing. Cynthia helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and the fallout from past trauma.
She also supports those coping with grief, relationship strain, addiction, and long-term mental health challenges such as bipolar disorder. Everyday concerns like sleeping, eating, career stress, and parenting strain are also part of her practice.
How Cynthia works
Her approach blends practical tools with listening and human connection. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address thoughts and habits, and mindfulness and acceptance methods to build moment-to-moment coping. Emotionally focused and client-centered methods guide how she listens and responds in sessions.
Cynthia has worked across nonprofit programs, hospital and clinical settings, and schools. That variety shaped her ability to adjust plans to fit different needs and life situations. She avoids stigmatizing labels and focuses on what helps each person move forward.
Sessions are collaborative and tailored. Cynthia sketches a plan together with each person, then adjusts it as goals and needs change. She describes taking the first step as an act of courage and offers steady support while people work toward more manageable days and fuller lives.
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What Cynthia works with
The areas below are the ones Cynthia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors through clear, practical exercises that can reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. A client-centered approach emphasizes empathetic listening and collaboration, giving people space to set the pace and direction of their work.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they will try strategies and adjust the plan as needed so the approach fits the person's life and objectives.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals in formats that fit different needs: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video isn't possible, live chat for short check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, and other commitments, and let people pick the format that works best for a given moment.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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