April Kouri
Practical counseling for families and parents
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About April
April Kouri is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who uses a practical, client-focused approach. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies to help families and parents manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Her style is down-to-earth and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on clear steps parents can try between sessions.
April has 11 years of experience in mental health settings. She began working directly with people in residential care and later led small groups on topics like depression, stress management, family stress, career development, and addiction.
Background and approach
She has also worked in inpatient and outpatient programs addressing eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and various addictions. Her work has included supporting children, teens, and adults in schools and clinics. She has experience with autism and special needs, caregiving challenges, and chronic health conditions that make in-person care difficult.
April takes a particular interest in process addictions such as problematic gaming, internet use, and pornography and in how these issues affect family dynamics. April earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Central Florida.
She also holds certification as a school counselor in Florida, which allows her to work within educational settings. She explains concepts plainly and focuses on skills families can use right away. In sessions she combines compassion with straightforward strategies.
The aim is to make progress on practical goals that matter to daily family life, such as improving communication, managing parenting stress, or coping with grief and change.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit family life
April uses a mix of Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to meet families where they are. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping parents and children feel understood. That approach is useful when family members need a safe place to talk about stress, grief, or communication strains.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting stress because it teaches concrete coping skills parents can practice at home. Solution-Focused Therapy is also part of her work and emphasizes small, achievable changes to reach clear family goals faster.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. April will help figure out what fits based on needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust methods as progress is made. Clients and the therapist work together to choose techniques that feel practical and respectful of family routines.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. These options make it easier to fit care around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities. For many families, remote sessions reduce travel and allow therapy to continue during busy or challenging times.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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