Bernadette Holyoke, LPC
Oklahoma · 7 years in practice
Bernadette Holyoke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma who centers her practice on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other evidence-based approaches.
License and registration
- LPC, Oklahoma
- 10108 · expires June 2026
- NPI
- 1861980013 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
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About Bernadette
Bernadette Holyoke is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Oklahoma who centers her practice on Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other evidence-based approaches. She offers calm, straightforward care for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, or relationship pain. Sessions focus on clear steps and emotional understanding rather than jargon.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and name their core feelings and how those feelings shape reactions. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach practical skills for coping with painful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
These methods are used together to help people move toward what matters to them. Bernadette has seven years of counseling experience working with trauma, mood and personality concerns, and challenges such as ADHD, substance issues, and complex grief. She supports people dealing with parenting stress, caregiver strain, abandonment, attachment wounds, and problems that come with separation or blended households.
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative. She listens first, then helps set short-term goals and simple practice tasks to try between sessions. Expect straightforward conversation, emotional reflection, and skills you can use day to day.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by phone, video, live chat, or text. Bernadette’s work aims to reduce overwhelm and build steadier patterns of coping and connection.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Bernadette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Bernadette names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Emotion-Focused and ACT Approaches Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people tune into core emotions and understand how those emotions affect behavior and relationships. It focuses on naming feelings and creating new, healthier responses to emotional triggers. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches ways to live by personal values while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings, and it helps with stress, anxiety, and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relational patterns and helps people build more supported ways of relating and communicating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then choose or blend approaches that match their needs. This is a collaborative process and clients are invited to give feedback about what feels most helpful.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and emotional work, phone calls can fit a break at work or need less bandwidth, live chat allows quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or daily coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity when in-person sessions are not possible.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Bernadette address?
She helps people facing trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, relationship problems, parenting stress, and self-esteem struggles among other issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, combining Emotionally-Focused Therapy with practical skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional counseling experience working with mood, trauma, and personality concerns.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Oklahoma.
Which languages are offered and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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