About April
April Justice is a licensed independent clinical social worker with 20 years of experience. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and low self-esteem. She also supports those navigating relationship strain, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and major life changes.
Her approach is calm and respectful. She creates a steady space and listens first. Together with each person she sets clear, manageable goals that fit daily life and priorities.
Background and approach
April draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies. She also uses client-centered listening and elements of dialectical skills and mindfulness to help people manage overwhelming thoughts and emotions. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings.
That might mean learning ways to reduce panic symptoms, notice unhelpful thinking, or build self-compassion. She adapts methods to match what works best for each person. April has particular experience with women’s mental health concerns including postpartum depression, fertility and pregnancy issues, and body image.
She also works with adoption and foster care topics, attachment and family of origin issues, chronic illness and pain, and intimacy-related concerns. Her practice is grounded in respect, sensitivity, and integrity. April aims to guide people toward clearer choices and steadier coping so they can move forward with more confidence.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
April often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, panic symptoms, and low mood. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while taking steps that align with their values.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to pick methods that fit their goals, needs, and daily life. That means checking in about what helps, adapting techniques, and shifting focus when something isn’t working.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation when helpful. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for short check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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