Cynthia Fradl, LCSW

Cynthia Fradl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of clinical experience. She greets new visitors with a straightforward, warm style and a focus on practical support for life changes like midlife transitions.

She has helped people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and addictions. She also supports those facing relationship and family strain, sleep and eating concerns, parenting challenges, and career shifts. Longstanding mood disorders such as bipolar disorder are within her area of experience.

Cynthia has worked in a variety of settings, including nonprofits, hospitals and schools. That variety shaped her flexible approach and comfort with complex situations like chronic illness, caregiver stress, and co-occurring conditions.

Her style is warm and interactive. Conversations are tailored to each person's needs rather than following one fixed recipe. She draws from cognitive-behavioral ideas, client-centered and emotionally-focused perspectives, mindfulness, and acceptance and commitment approaches to shape the work together.

In sessions she aims to listen without labels and to help people build practical tools. If someone is questioning life direction or navigating a midlife change, she offers steady support while helping them clarify values and next steps. Cynthia emphasizes respectful, compassionate care while helping people move toward more satisfying daily life.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to clarify their values and take committed steps toward them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It can help with midlife questions, chronic stress, and making meaningful changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them in real life, which can reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change behaviors that get in the way of daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple practices to notice thoughts and bodily sensations without immediately reacting, which can ease rumination and improve emotional regulation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Conversations and activities are adapted over time so the plan stays practical and useful.

Confirm the specific online session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find virtual sessions help them stay consistent with therapy while balancing work, caregiving, or other commitments.