Cynthia Fradl, LCSW
Licensed in Oregon · 20 years in practice
Cynthia Fradl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LCSW, Oregon
- L5766 · expires October 2026
- NPI
- 1205107596 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
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About Cynthia
Cynthia Fradl is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of clinical experience. She offers a warm, interactive style and focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship struggles. Cynthia avoids stigmatizing labels and meets people where they are.
She blends practical skills with compassionate listening to help clients take the next step forward. She draws on several therapy approaches to fit each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports building values-based action while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness practices help reduce reactivity and bring attention to the present moment. Cynthia has worked in nonprofit agencies, hospitals, clinics, and schools.
That range of settings informs how she supports people dealing with long-term mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and complex life stresses. She also helps people manage trauma, substance concerns, caregiving strain, chronic pain, and sleep or eating problems. Her sessions are collaborative.
Cynthia tailors conversation and goals to each person’s situation. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and practical steps clients can use between meetings. People who choose Cynthia can expect straightforward guidance, short-term skills to manage symptoms, and ongoing support for bigger life changes.
She works from Oregon and conducts sessions in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Cynthia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Cynthia names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic 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
Therapy Approaches Used in Online Sessions
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing day-to-day symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on values-based action and accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while still moving toward what matters most. This approach can help with stress, grief, and life transitions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences during early sessions and recommend approaches that fit each person. This is a collaborative process and adaptations are made over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, quick processing between sessions, or ongoing support without scheduling a full call. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Cynthia commonly help with?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family concerns, eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, anger, career shifts, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is Cynthia's therapeutic style like?
Cynthia uses a warm, interactive style that combines listening with practical work. Sessions focus on respectful, compassionate dialogue and tools people can apply between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working in nonprofits, hospital and clinical settings, and schools.
What credential does she hold and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - and practices from Oregon.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Cynthia?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.
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