About April
April Medici is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and challenges related to parenting and addiction. Her tone is practical and direct, aimed at parents and adults looking for clear support.
She began her career in education as a special education teacher and guidance counselor in New York City. That classroom and school counseling work shaped how she listens and responds to practical problems.
Background and approach
She later completed a master’s degree in counselor education at the City University of New York and moved into community mental health work in Florida. Her approach centers on the relationship between therapist and client. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person’s needs and strengths.
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns, and Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. In sessions she aims for straightforward, problem-focused work. That might include setting small goals, practicing new coping skills, and telling the stories that shape how someone sees themselves.
She supports people dealing with grief, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, eating and intimacy issues, and complicated family dynamics. April writes about resilience and has used her own challenges to shape her clinical perspective. She offers video, phone, chat, and text-based options for sessions to fit busy schedules.
People in Florida can expect practical strategies and a calm, steady presence during difficult moments.
Approaches that translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person’s needs. It helps people feel heard, recognize their strengths, and set goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical coping skills and small behavior changes.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best based on goals, preferences, and what is happening in day-to-day life. That decision can shift over time as progress is made and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video is useful for full conversations and skill practice. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow short check-ins, quick problem solving, or ongoing reflection between longer sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and help people keep therapy consistent despite a hectic schedule.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English