April Lau
She/Her/Hers
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHCShe/Her/Hers
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHCApril Lau, LMHC is a Cognitive Behavioral individual and group therapist. She works with older teens and adults of all ages. She especially enjoys working with college-aged clients and people in early adulthood. She sees students, people in the beginning stages of their careers, highly talented individuals, people who are successful, and people who struggle with the day-to-day. Many of April’s clients come in when they are not feeling like themselves or they are tired of being held back by depression, anxiety, stress, trauma, and relationship problems. Often, they have beliefs about themselves that prevent them from doing what they want in life. Many clients seek counseling when social anxiety or performance anxiety prevents them from making and maintaining connections with others.
April brings a curiosity to her work with clients. She wants to get to know each client as an individual. Every therapy relationship with April starts with a conversation about who you are and what you are looking to get out of counseling. Clients often tell her they feel hopeful and less anxious after their first discussion with her. As you continue working together, she’ll help you to identify goals and to create a toolbox of strategies you can use to overcome barriers to living life more fully.
April is dedicated to developing partnerships with her clients. As long as she’s been in practice, she still knows that you are the expert on you and she couldn’t do this work without you.
April is active in the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provider community, engaging regularly in consultation with other expert therapists, providing advice and learning from others. Outside of private practice, she loves playing outside, volunteering, meeting new people, and spending time with her husband, family, and friends.
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Identity development - Understanding, accepting, and strengthening one’s sense of self through the exploration of family, work, and personal values; addressing issues such as, race, class, gender, and sexual orientation, in the context of self experience
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Healing from painful experiences and memories from the past
Relationship issues - Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships and dating
Self-esteem - Cultivating self-compassion, assertiveness, and confidence; developing ways to reduce suffering, anxiety, social withdrawal, and self-neglect
College & graduate student mental health - Specialized strategies for common issues of young adulthood, including school and career stressors, support around healthy relationships, existential concerns, fears about the future, and anxiety and/or depression.
April Lau is not in-network with any insurances.
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Years of Experience: 15 years
Quality Counseling of New England, CBT Specialist, 2019 - Present
Anchor Counseling Center, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, 2014 - 2019
Arbour Counseling Services, Individual and Group Therapist, 2009 - 2014
Boston University School of Social Work, Certificate in Cognitive Behavioral Interventions, 2012
University of Massachusetts Boston, MS in Mental Health Counseling, 2008
Rhode Island: MHC00660
Massachusetts: 7658
English
Practice skills that target the barriers to improved mood and discuss experiences with a group of other educators. If you feel burnt out, overburdened, anxious, depressed, or are struggling to find balance in your life, this is the group for you.