April Faust , LCSW

April Faust is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Pennsylvania with 12 years of experience in the mental health field. She brings a compassionate, respectful approach to therapy and works with a broad range of concerns, from anxiety and mood difficulties to relationship and addiction issues. She received her Dialectical Behavior Therapy certification in 2013 and integrates those skills into her clinical work to help clients build emotional awareness and practical coping strategies.

She favors a dialectical framework that balances acceptance with change, emphasizing skills like radical acceptance, increased self-awareness, and targeted behavior change. April aims to create a collaborative environment where clients can define goals and learn tools to manage stress, improve relationships, and navigate life transitions. She believes every person deserves to be treated with dignity and compassion and approaches each case with that commitment.

Recognizing that beginning therapy can feel intimidating, April focuses on meeting clients where they are and supporting steady progress. Her practice emphasizes practical strategies, skill development, and a partnership model that helps people move toward the outcomes they hope to achieve.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes a balance of acceptance and change. It teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness, which can be helpful for people struggling with strong mood swings, relational conflict, or impulsive behaviors.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. By identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing alternative behaviors, CBT can assist with anxiety, depression, and everyday stressors through structured, goal-oriented work.

Mindfulness therapy builds present-moment awareness and reduces reactivity by teaching simple attention and breathing practices. This approach supports stress management, emotional regulation, and increased self-awareness in day-to-day life.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. April collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan over time as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit care into a busy schedule, manage transportation limits, and maintain continuity of support. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to deliver focused, skill-based therapy that aligns with each client's circumstances.