April Hitchcock-Fofana
Compassionate, skills-focused therapy for life challenges
LMSW Michigan
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About April
April Hitchcock-Fofana brings more than 20 years of clinical experience as an LMSW practicing in Michigan. She blends evidence-based methods with a person-centered sensibility to help people manage depression, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, and self-esteem concerns.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with life transitions, workplace stress, and complex emotional responses that can accompany chronic health issues and caregiving roles. Her style emphasizes collaboration and practical skills alongside emotional understanding, drawing on approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness-informed work.
April aims to create an affirming environment where clients can explore patterns, build coping strategies, and practice new ways of relating to themselves and others. She attends to both immediate concerns like sleep or acute stress and longer-term growth areas such as identity, attachment, and communication.
Available for clients in Michigan, April integrates motivational interviewing and client-centered principles to support readiness for change and to tailor treatment to each person’s goals. Her practice welcomes people facing a wide range of issues including addiction, trauma, intimacy-related difficulties, ADHD, and family system challenges, with an emphasis on practical tools and compassionate partnership.
Evidence-based approaches adapted for online care
April commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors; this approach is practical and often useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress-related issues. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy, active listening, and supporting the client's own goals to foster self-awareness and personal growth. Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques may be incorporated to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills when intense emotions or relationship challenges are present.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. April partners with clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, adjusting methods over time so the work fits each person’s circumstances and values rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or mobility limits and allow for ongoing skill practice and check-ins in ways that suit different lifestyles. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver structured interventions, coach practical skills, and support emotional processing while keeping treatment aligned with the client’s goals and day-to-day realities.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English