April Justice, LICSW

April Justice is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with 20 years of experience. She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and the challenges that follow major life changes. She also addresses concerns around parenting, relationships, intimacy, and compassion fatigue.

Her style is warm and calm. She aims to offer respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions. April believes a good working relationship is central and partners with each person to set practical goals. She explains options plainly and adjusts the approach based on what works for the individual.

April draws on several approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, client-centered work, and mindfulness methods. She blends methods to suit the problem at hand rather than sticking to one strict model. Sessions often focus on skills people can use between meetings and on small, concrete steps toward change.

She brings particular experience supporting women with depression, postpartum mood issues, anxiety, and self-esteem concerns. She also works with people facing chronic pain, fertility and pregnancy-related stress, adoption and attachment issues, and family of origin wounds. April emphasizes building clear goals together and pacing work so it fits daily life.

For readers interested in living with health challenges, April includes chronic illness and disability among her focus areas and can help people cope with related stress and identity shifts. She welcomes conversations about goals and how therapy might fit into each person’s routine.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

April uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) among other methods. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying new behaviors to change mood and functioning, which can help with anxiety, panic, and depressive symptoms. ACT emphasizes values-based action and accepting difficult emotions while building a meaningful life, which is useful for chronic health challenges, grief, and persistent stress.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and together decide which methods to try. This allows the work to shift if something isn’t helping and keeps therapy centered on what the person wants to accomplish.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, cut travel time, and let people meet from a location that feels workable for them. It can also allow shorter check-ins on a phone when focus or bandwidth is limited. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and ACT tools to remote sessions so people can practice skills between appointments.