April Fortner, LPC
Texas · 16 years in practice
April Fortner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 16 years of experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Texas
- 67156 · expires September 2027
- NPI
- 1215590658 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About April
April Fortner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 16 years of experience. She focuses on relationship concerns, stress and anxiety, addiction, trauma, and parenting challenges. April emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere where people can say what they feel and think.
She draws on systemic ideas to look at how relationships and patterns influence problems. That means sessions consider interactions, roles, and how changes in one area affect others.
Background and approach
April blends this with client-centered work to follow each person’s pace and priorities. When helpful, she uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Emotionally-focused and Gottman-informed ideas guide her work on connection, communication, and rebuilding trust.
The goal is practical change you can try between sessions. April has spent many years helping people cope with grief, bipolar and depressive episodes, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those facing body image, intimacy, or commitment concerns.
Her approach adapts to each situation instead of using a single script. New clients are invited to take a first step through a short matching questionnaire and schedule a session. April aims to make the process straightforward and to work collaboratively on realistic goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything April lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches April names
- Systemic Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapy approaches translate to online care
April uses Systemic Therapy to map relationship patterns and see how interactions maintain problems; this helps with issues like communication breakdowns, blended family concerns, and couple distress. Client-Centered Therapy is about listening closely and following each person’s lead so sessions focus on what matters most to them and build trust through acceptance and reflection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets specific thoughts and behaviors, offering clear steps to test new habits and manage anxiety, mood, or addiction-related urges.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs and adjust over time based on what works.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and exercises that benefit from seeing expressions. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people maintain continuity of care across busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What issues does April commonly help address?
She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and marital problems, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, grief, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, and many related issues.
What is April's therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, blending a systemic view of relationships with client-centered listening and practical techniques to test new behaviors between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
April has 16 years of professional work experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, credentialed as TX LPC, and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available online?
April offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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