April Fleck

More About April Fleck

Clinical Interests:

Diversity is the spice of life. I appreciate the opportunity to work with individuals from cultural and spiritual backgrounds different from my own. I am a longtime advocate and ally for the LGBTQ community. Neurodivergence is welcome and celebrated in my office. Another area of interest is post-secondary planning for young people ages 16-24. Through my previous profession as a Massage therapist, I have over 20 years helping clients experiencing chronic pain and complex medical conditions.

Clinical Approach:

One of my guiding principles is that we all have to figure out how to live the most meaningful and full lives available to us. We all have to find our pivot point within the dialectics of acceptance and change. How do we accept ourselves just as we are while still bettering our inner and outer world? My approach includes coming to terms with the interplay of our personal strengths and weaknesses within a context of macro factors like racism, sexism, classism, and family.

Your sessions with me will include a combination of open-ended, nonjudgmental talk therapy to help you gain insight into your life, breathwork and mindfulness to manage stress, and cognitive behavior therapy and dialectical behavior skills to help you develop strategies to improve quality of life. All sessions are trauma informed with the understanding that you get to decide the pace at which you feel comfortable disclosing and talking through issues. The bottom line is that you are the expert in your own life and our work together will be collaborative.

All sessions come with a dash of humor and irreverence.

Hobbies:

Fiber arts, the outdoors, puzzles, trivia mafia, escape rooms, cribbage. and sailing. I am passionate about the arts and enjoy visiting museums and attending theater performances.

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