April Mullen, LMHC

April Mullen is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and issues related to identity and intimacy. She works with concerns such as low self-esteem, relationship and communication struggles, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. April practices in Washington and has 13 years of professional experience as an LMHC.

April uses practical, talk-based work to help people name what’s going on and try different ways of coping. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on attachment-based approaches to understand how early relationships shape current bonds. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

People come to April for a wide range of concerns beyond anxiety and stress. She also supports those coping with grief, abandonment wounds, codependency, gender dysphoria, or the emotional fallout of divorce and separation. She offers guidance for intimacy-related questions and for people exploring kink, BDSM, and alternative sex culture.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with skills-oriented work from dialectical behavior therapy when emotions run high. Emotion-focused techniques are used when deeper relational patterns need attention. The goal is to build clearer communication and steadier emotional regulation.

April explains options and helps set goals together. She uses flexible session formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

Approaches that translate to online care

April commonly uses cognitive behavioral ideas that help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and patterns, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also draws on attachment-based work to explore how early relationship experiences affect current intimacy and communication. These approaches fit well into talk-based online sessions and skills practice between meetings.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. April will listen to your goals and preferences, explain options, and help decide which methods to try first. The plan can shift over time if different tools or focus areas are needed, and progress is reviewed together.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work through material face to face when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and between-session support easier to fit into a busy day. Together these formats make it possible to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.