- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Bernice
Bernice Hardman is a Licensed Master Social Worker who focuses on parenting and everyday family challenges. She brings a calm, practical presence to sessions and aims to help parents manage stress, trauma, and relationship strain. Bernice keeps language simple and concrete so busy caregivers can use what they learn right away.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills that lower anxiety and improve communication.
Background and approach
She also uses Narrative and Trauma-Focused approaches to help people make sense of difficult experiences and build new stories about themselves. Sessions often combine short skill practice with time to reflect on patterns. With ten years of clinical work in Michigan, Bernice has supported people facing grief, anger, depression, and workplace strain.
She’s familiar with blended family issues, codependency, and the stresses around pregnancy and childbirth. Her background includes attention to prejudice and discrimination and how those experiences affect parenting and self-worth. Her style is collaborative and straightforward.
She helps clients set practical goals and tries out small changes between sessions. Many people begin by addressing immediate problems like sleep, boundaries, or intensity of emotions, then broaden to deeper patterns. Sessions are offered through different online formats to fit varied schedules.
Bernice encourages a step-by-step approach so parents can try out strategies and adjust them to daily life.
What Bernice works with
Everything Bernice lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Bernice helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Workplace issues
Approaches Bernice lists
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches for parenting stress and trauma online
Bernice uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on clear, actionable steps like changing routines, testing beliefs, and practicing coping skills to reduce anxiety and depression.She also draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the lingering effects of past harm. This approach helps people name what happened, understand how it affects current reactions, and develop safer ways of responding when memories or triggers arise.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, challenges, and what feels most useful. Together they tailor methods and try things out, adjusting the plan based on what helps most in daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video is helpful for deeper skill practice and face-to-face conversation. Phone can be a simpler alternative when bandwidth is limited. Chat or text sessions suit brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or times when written reflection feels easier. These options make it possible to work on parenting concerns without rearranging a whole day.
Questions people ask about Bernice
What concerns does Bernice help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and communication problems, career and workplace issues, and self-esteem struggles.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative, mixing skill teaching with reflective conversation. Sessions often include tools from cognitive and behavioral methods alongside narrative work.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential and has ten years of clinical experience working in Michigan.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Michigan and is credentialed as an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make scheduling easier for busy parents.
How does payment 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 selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling based on the therapist's availability.
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