01 · Who Bernice works with

Bernice works with stress, Anxiety, family conflicts and trauma and abuse

Bernice lists 14 specialisms and 9 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Bernice chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Bernice's own words

What Bernice says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

Bernice Hardman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker located in Michigan. She completed her Masrer's in Social Work at the University of Michigan. She has a wide range of experience serving children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her scope of practice includes seeing clients who are navigating stress, anxiety, depression, relationships and communication, life transitions, parenting, and cultural identity-related concerns. She values creating a partnership with clients to create a secure and courageous space for clients to share and explore their life experiences in a judgement free setting. Clients who are looking to create and/or recreate balance in their lives, Bernice uses best-informed practices to focus on the mind, body, and spirit connection.

Bernice Hardman, on the BetterHelp listing · read 7 Oct 2026

03 · How Bernice works

The 4 approaches Bernice lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Bernice lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Bernice's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Bernice runs a session.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Dialectical Behaviour TherapyDBT

A structured skills-led adaptation of CBT built around holding two things at once: accepting yourself as you are and working to change. Teaches concrete skills for distress tolerance, emotion regulation and relationships. Developed for people whose feelings arrive at overwhelming intensity, and strongest-evidenced there.

Narrative Therapy

Treats the story you tell about your life as something that can be examined and retold rather than as the plain facts. Separates the person from the problem - “the anxiety” rather than “your anxiety” - to make room for the parts the current story leaves out.

Trauma-Focused TherapyTF-CBT · trauma-informed

CBT adapted for people whose difficulty is rooted in a frightening or overwhelming event. Pacing is the point: safety and stabilisation come first, the memory itself is approached gradually and only when you are ready, and the aim is that recalling it stops hijacking the present.

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Bernice practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Bernice's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Bernice at this point.

2. Naming Bernice specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Bernice is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Bernice.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Bernice

Built from what Bernice actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Bernice's - Bernice has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Narrative Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”

  Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LMSW

Licensed in

Michigan

Licence

MI LMSW 6801109538

Licence number

6801109538

Licence expires

4 May 2028

NPI

1528794450

Years in practice

10

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Not accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Bernice's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 7 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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