Erin Spensley, LPC
Guiding people to clearer stories and steady coping
Details
| Name | Erin Spensley |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Wisconsin |
| Licensed in | Wisconsin |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 6 |
About Erin
Erin Spensley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin who helps people manage difficult feelings and life changes. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship and intimacy challenges while also addressing concerns like addiction, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Erin listens first and then helps people find clearer stories about their lives.
She uses methods that encourage people to describe what they want and notice patterns that get in the way.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be practical and down-to-earth, with room to process painful memories and work on daily coping skills. Her work draws on Narrative approaches alongside attachment-based and client-centered ideas. She also integrates cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when those tools match a person's goals.
This mix helps with emotion regulation, painful relationships, and changing unhelpful habits. Erin brings six years of counseling experience to her sessions. She maintains an affirming stance toward LGBT people and attends to issues like body image, caregiver stress, blended family tensions, and communication problems.
People looking for a therapist who combines straightforward skill-building with exploring life stories may find her approach helpful. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging and works with people across a range of concerns from anger and self-esteem to career shifts and chronic illness coping.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse among the things Erin works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Erin among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Erin directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Erin directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Erin uses narrative and skills online
The Narrative approach helps people tell clearer stories about their lives and see how those stories shape feelings and choices. It can be useful for grief, identity questions, relationship concerns, and making sense of repeated patterns.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and important relationships affect current connections and emotion regulation. This approach can help with intimacy struggles, abandonment concerns, and improving communication with others.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, offering empathy and active listening to help someone feel heard and to build self-directed change. It pairs well with practical tools from CBT or DBT when people want concrete strategies for mood, anxiety, or behavior change.
Choosing an approach is a team process. Erin will listen to a person's history, goals, and day-to-day needs and then suggest which methods to try first. She checks in as therapy progresses and adjusts the mix of conversation and skills practice based on what helps most.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers voice only. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or when someone wants to process without being on camera. These options support flexibility so people can keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving, or other obligations.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Erin address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns like self-esteem, eating and sleeping problems, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe Erin's therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, combining narrative reflection with practical skill-building to help people make changes that matter day to day.
What is her clinical background?
Erin has six years of experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed as an LPC in Wisconsin and provides services to people located there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Erin offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and is billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with Erin?
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