- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About April
April Schroeder is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with ten years of experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and depression. Her approach is straightforward and practical.
She focuses on helping people feel heard and understood. April aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space for conversation. Sessions often begin with what feels most urgent, and she helps people set achievable next steps.
Background and approach
She listens for patterns in relationships, mood, and daily routines that affect well-being. She pays close attention to attachment and caregiver stress. Communication problems, feelings of guilt or shame, and loneliness are common topics she addresses.
April also works with people facing divorce or separation and helps them navigate those transitions. Her background includes a decade of hands-on clinical work in Illinois. As an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor - she brings practical tools to address panic attacks, social anxiety, and post-traumatic stress.
She helps clients translate insights into small, doable changes. People who come to April can expect a supportive collaboration. She helps set clear goals and checks progress along the way.
The focus is on making real-life improvements that fit each person's circumstances.
What April works with
Everything April lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else April helps people with.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Briefly, two commonly used evidence-based techniques are skills-based coping work and trauma-informed support. Skills-based coping work focuses on teaching concrete strategies to manage anxiety, panic, and daily stress. It helps people build routines and tools they can use between sessions. Trauma-informed support looks at the effects of past hurt on current feelings and relationships and helps people process painful memories at a pace that feels manageable.Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and progress. That means trying an approach, checking how it feels, and adjusting as needed rather than committing to a single path up front.
Online therapy offers practical benefits through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people talk face-to-face when it's helpful. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth or easier to fit into a lunch break. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while adapting to a busy family life.
Questions people ask about April
What concerns does April help with?
She supports people managing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, and depression. Additional focuses include attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and mood or panic concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is calm and direct. She creates a nonjudgmental setting, listens for practical patterns, and helps people set small, manageable goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional work experience supporting clients in clinical settings. That background shapes her practical, goal-oriented approach.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is an LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, licensed in Illinois. Her practice is based in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. This variety helps fit sessions into different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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