April Fortner, LPC
Texas · 16 years in practice
April Fortner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 16 years of clinical 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 clinical experience. She focuses on relationship and marital concerns, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and related life changes. April aims to create a nonjudgmental space where people can share thoughts and feelings honestly.
She favors Emotionally-Focused Therapy as a way to understand emotions beneath relationship patterns. April also draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to adapt sessions to each person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions combine listening, reflection, and practical strategies to help people manage emotions and make clearer choices. April often supports people facing grief, intimacy issues, body image concerns, and career stress, and she has worked with those coping with bipolar disorder and depression. She also addresses attachment and abandonment worries, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress.
Her approach balances emotional understanding with step-by-step coping skills. Therapy with April typically involves talking through relationship patterns and practicing new ways of connecting or coping. She encourages clients to set concrete goals and try small changes between sessions.
Progress is tracked through regular check-ins and adjustments to the plan. Taking the first step can feel hard, and April acknowledges that courage. She helps people move forward at a pace that feels manageable and focused on real problems in daily life.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
Emotion-Focused Methods and Online Access
April uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and shift the emotions that shape relationship patterns. EFT helps people notice core feelings and try new ways of connecting that reduce conflict and increase closeness. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on each person's experience and encourages self-directed insight and growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used when practical strategies are needed to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to build coping skills for anxiety, mood, or addictive behaviors.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. April will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest methods that match those needs. The plan can change over time as progress is reviewed and new challenges emerge, and she aims to make that choice a collaborative decision.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexibility. Video sessions let people read facial cues and practice communication in real time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or a way to stay connected between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life rhythms.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does April commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and marital issues, parenting challenges, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related problems, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, and many related areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is warm and collaborative, focusing on emotions in relationships while also using problem-solving tools. Sessions mix listening, reflection, and practical exercises tailored to each person.
How much clinical experience does she have?
April has 16 years of professional work experience in counseling and related clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
Which languages are offered 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?
April offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does cost and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use 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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