About Bernadette
Bernadette Holyoke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma. She uses client-centered care and practical therapy methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood changes, and problems that follow trauma. Her style aims to keep sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to each person.
With seven years of experience, she supports people facing depression, relationship and communication problems, addiction concerns, grief, anger, and parenting strains. She also addresses attachment-related issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and challenges linked to ADHD and bipolar mood patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions are designed to be down-to-earth and goal oriented. Bernadette draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and build coping skills. She also uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches to strengthen emotional awareness and self-direction.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are available when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are priorities. In sessions she works collaboratively to set clear goals, practice new skills, and try manageable changes between meetings. People can expect a calm, nonjudgmental presence and tools they can use in daily life.
Her approach blends practical strategies with attention to relationships and life stories. She offers multiple online formats including video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Guidance about starting is provided through a short matching questionnaire and scheduling process.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Bernadette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that worsen anxiety and depression. CBT is practical and skill based, with exercises you can apply between sessions.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values, accept difficult feelings, and take meaningful action despite discomfort. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based work is used to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and to practice healthier ways of relating and self-soothing.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That collaborative process can include trying different skills and checking regularly what helps most.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for quick exchanges, coaching between sessions, or people who prefer typing over talking. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- 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
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
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