Bernadette Holyoke, LPC

Bernadette Holyoke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma who draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and trauma-informed approaches. She uses clear, practical methods to help people manage mood symptoms, anxiety, stress, and trauma reactions. Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on skills people can use day to day.

With seven years of experience, Bernadette has worked with people facing depression, bipolar symptoms, addiction, grief, anger, and attachment concerns. She also supports those dealing with parenting stress, compassion fatigue, body image issues, and relationship or communication problems. Her practice addresses a wide range of difficulties including abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, dissociation, and substance-related problems.

In sessions she blends CBT tools with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) ideas and attachment-focused work. That combination lets her help people notice unhelpful thinking, practice new behaviors, and connect decisions to their values. She uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation or distress tolerance skills are needed.

Bernadette aims to make therapy approachable and practical. She focuses on building a collaborative relationship and setting clear, achievable goals. People can expect direct skill teaching, gentle reflection, and steps to try between sessions.

She provides services in English and works with clients in Oklahoma by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Online approaches that focus on skills and relationships

Bernadette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thought and behavior that cause distress and then practice concrete skills to change them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems because it focuses on what to do differently and how to test new ways of thinking.

She also works with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take action even when difficult feelings appear. ACT emphasizes values-based choices and everyday steps that move life in a chosen direction. Attachment-Based Therapy is part of her work when relationships, early loss, or caregiving history shape current reactions; it looks at how connection and attachment affect coping and trust.

Finding the right mix is a team effort. Bernadette discusses goals and preferences early on and adjusts methods as needed, so treatment reflects each person's needs. She will help plan which approaches to use and what skills to prioritize.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and teaching of skills. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing coaching, brief problem-solving, or supplemental contact between longer sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, school, or busy family schedules.