Therapist profile
April Stevens, LCSW, LICSW
LCSW in Utah - parenting and trauma support
Continue with AprilAbout
- Parenting concerns
- Addictions recovery
- CBT and REBT methods
About April
April Stevens is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 21 years of practice. She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and works from Utah. She lists concerns including parenting, family matters, addictions, trauma, ADHD, anxiety, grief, and stress among others.
April draws on long clinical experience in child welfare and veterans' services. Early internships included Child Protective Services and a Veterans Affairs program focused on PTSD and substance use. That background informs her work with people facing trauma, life transitions, and recovery from addiction.
Her style is straightforward and practical. She teaches tools people can use between sessions to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Examples include disputing negative self-talk, reality checking, and developing new coping skills for stress and mood problems.
April often uses Rational Emotive Behavioral approaches alongside cognitive behavioral techniques. She also uses parts of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused ideas, and Gottman relationship skills when those methods fit a person's goals. She includes journal work, motivational interviewing, and education about diagnoses as needed.
She has worked with a wide age range over her career, from young children to older adults, and has experience with parenting and co-parenting concerns as well as blended family situations. People who choose her can expect clear skill teaching, practical strategies, and clinical experience drawn from two decades in mental health.
To begin, the site’s matching process is used to schedule a first appointment and confirm current session options and arrangements.
How sessions work
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Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what a person says, helping them clarify goals and feel understood. It suits people who need support sorting out decisions, parenting concerns, and relationship issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches tools such as thought reframing and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, includes skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. It can help with anger, self-regulation, and patterns that cause repeated conflict.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss what methods seem likely to help based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. This is a collaborative process and techniques can be adjusted as someone learns what helps most.
Confirm the specific session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list them. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Therapists generally use practical exercises, homework, and skills coaching that translate well to remote sessions, which can help apply new tools between appointments.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Alabama, Utah
Languages
English
Questions
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What concerns does she help with?
She lists parenting, family-related concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, ADHD, anxiety, grief, and stress among other areas.
How would she describe her therapy style?
She uses a practical, skills-based approach that focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching tools people can use daily.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of experience and has worked in child welfare and veterans' mental health settings earlier in her career.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and is practicing from Utah with prior licensure experience in Alabama.
Does she work in other languages or accept international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking through the profile's scheduling flow, since session formats are not specified here.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
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