- Client-centered focus
- Cognitive tools
- Trauma-informed care
About Bernadette
Bernadette Holyoke is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Oklahoma who uses client-centered and cognitive approaches to support people facing mood, trauma, and personality challenges. She brings seven years of counseling experience to sessions and speaks English. Bernadette often helps people managing anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and trauma-related difficulties.
Her practice focuses on practical skills and real conversations. She blends Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns, change unhelpful thinking, and try different behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when emotional regulation and values-driven change are needed.
Bernadette works with concerns that include relationship and communication problems, grief and loss, parenting stress, codependency, addiction, and anger. She also addresses attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care experiences, body image, and caregiver strain. The approach is adaptable to each person’s goals and strengths.
In sessions she aims to create a calm, respectful atmosphere where people can speak openly and try new ways of coping. Treatment often includes learning concrete skills for stress and emotion management, practicing communication strategies, and setting small, achievable goals. She emphasizes collaboration so the work matches each person’s needs.
People looking to begin can expect straightforward talk, practical steps, and an emphasis on steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How therapy approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that reflect their values. It can help when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed and wants to build a more meaningful daily routine.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in how people connect to others and how early experiences shape those patterns. It can be useful for addressing codependency, abandonment concerns, and communication problems in relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate to pick methods that fit a person’s goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean using ACT exercises one week and emotion-regulation skills from DBT another week as progress is tracked together.
If you plan to try online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people value online care because it can fit into busy days, cut commute time, and make it easier to check in from different locations. Online sessions can also allow shorter follow-ups for skill practice, audio-only check-ins when bandwidth is limited, or video meetings for more interactive skill work depending on what the therapist offers.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Oklahoma
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with anxiety, depression, trauma, mood and personality concerns. Other areas include relationship difficulties, codependency, addictions, grief, and parenting stress.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is practical and collaborative, combining Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive techniques. Sessions focus on listening, skill building, and trying new behaviors between meetings.
What background and experience does she have?
She holds an LPC credential and has seven years of counseling experience working with trauma, mood, and personality-related concerns.
Where is she located and licensed?
She is licensed as an LPC in Oklahoma and practices there.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.