About April
April Clanton is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee. She draws on more than 21 years in mental health and addictions work to help people who are anxious, stressed, or facing major life changes. April focuses on practical skills that make daily life feel more manageable.
Her background includes inpatient care, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient programs, in-home care, and outpatient individual therapy. That variety means she has seen many ways anxiety and stress show up, and she uses that experience to shape sessions.
Background and approach
She often combines Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness techniques to help clients notice thoughts and calm intense emotions. Sessions are collaborative. April works with clients to identify goals and practice tools for emotional regulation.
She also supports people dealing with depression, addictions, relationship strain, self-esteem concerns, bipolar disorder, and transitions in life. Her approach is straightforward and skills-focused. She teaches breathing and grounding practices, ways to tolerate distress, and methods to build more consistent routines.
Conversations are paced to match a client’s needs and comfort level. People can expect a therapist who emphasizes mindful awareness and practical strategies. April aims to help clients open the door to more steady moods and clearer choices.
She encourages steady progress and small changes that add up over time.
DBT and Mindfulness as Online Tools
Dialectical Behavior Therapy focuses on building concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships. In online sessions this can look like learning distress tolerance steps, practicing opposite-action techniques, and rehearsing interpersonal skills with real-time coaching. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. Online work often includes guided breathing, short mindful exercises, and check-ins on how those practices fit into daily routines. Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then try strategies that fit their life. Sessions can shift over time as needs change so the plan stays practical and relevant. Online formats offer flexibility for how therapy happens. Video calls let people work face-to-face when demonstration and visual cues help. Phone sessions can be easier when video isn’t needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written practice, or support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and continue skill practice in everyday moments.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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