About Cynthia
Cynthia Fradl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, depression, and life changes. She offers a warm, interactive style and aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Cynthia focuses on practical support that helps people take the next step when life feels overwhelming.
She blends approaches like cognitive behavioral methods, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness, client-centered work, and emotionally focused ideas.
Background and approach
Sessions center on clear goals and real skills to manage upsetting thoughts, strong emotions, and difficult situations. Conversations are tailored to the person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Cynthia has worked in nonprofit agencies, hospitals and clinics, and in schools.
That variety shaped her ability to support people facing long-term mental health challenges such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, as well as those coping with addiction, chronic illness, or caregiving strain. She draws on two decades of practice to match strategies to each situation.
People come for help with relationships, parenting stress, career shifts, sleep or eating problems, and managing anger or compulsive behaviors. Cynthia also addresses less talked-about concerns like abandonment, attachment patterns, dependent and avoidant personality traits, and blended family stress. The focus stays practical and humane.
Her goal is to help people build skills and find more satisfying ways of living. If someone is ready to begin, Cynthia will work with them to set clear, achievable steps and offer steady support along the way.
Online therapy that combines practical techniques and compassion
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stuckness, and changes that feel overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It often helps with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and habits that cause distress. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, validation, and letting the person lead the pace of work; this approach supports self-awareness and motivation.Deciding which approach feels right is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to pick methods that match their goals, daily life, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made and new needs appear.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports shorter check-ins or writing through thoughts. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping focus on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English