April Bolin , LCSW

April Bolin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area of California with 25 years of clinical experience. She combines practical therapeutic techniques with a psycho-spiritual outlook to support people navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, grief, and mental health concerns.

April has worked closely with members of the LGBTQIA community, survivors of abuse and complex trauma, and individuals coping with depression and persistent feelings of emptiness. Her background includes work in partial hospitalization settings, where she refined the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients recognize and shift the unhelpful thoughts and patterns that contribute to overwhelming emotions and behaviors.

In addition to psychotherapeutic training, April completed interfaith chaplaincy studies, which inform a compassionate, spiritual-sensitive approach for those seeking support around grief, caregiver exhaustion, or recovery from rigid religious teachings. She describes herself as spiritual but not religious and honors the variety of faith traditions that people bring to therapy.

April emphasizes authenticity in the therapeutic relationship, believing that therapists who have faced and worked through their own challenges bring deep empathy and practical insight to their work. She values the moments of clarity and change that emerge in therapy and encourages patience and self-compassion as essential parts of personal growth. "Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment," she often says.