Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
How Erin works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Erin
Erin Spensley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Wisconsin with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Erin creates an affirming space for LGBT clients and those sorting through trauma or major life changes.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions center on clear goals, practical skills, and steady support. Erin listens for patterns in how people relate to themselves and others, then works with them to try different ways of coping.
Background and approach
She draws on methods that help people notice thoughts, feelings, and behavior. That can mean learning skills to regulate emotions, practicing new communication habits, or examining attachment needs that shape relationships. Erin adapts tools to fit each person’s situation rather than using one fixed plan.
People often come to her with concerns about sleep, parenting strain, substance use, or workplace stress. She also helps with issues such as grief, intimacy-related worries, body image, and managing attention differences. Sessions focus on small, usable changes that add up over time.
Erin combines warmth with straightforward feedback. She aims to help clients build resilience and clearer choices after setbacks. If someone wants practical strategies for anger, anxiety, or relationship trouble, she offers steady support and collaborative problem solving.
What Erin works with
Everything Erin lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Erin's practice.
- 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 Erin lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online work and skill building
Attachment-based work looks at how early patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses. It helps people understand why they react a certain way to closeness or conflict and supports shifts toward more balanced connections.Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration. The therapist follows the person's pace, reflects what matters most, and helps people find their own answers rather than imposing solutions.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. This approach is useful for anxiety, anger, low mood, and sleep problems because it teaches practical steps to change thinking and behavior.
Erin will work with each person to decide which approaches fit best. That choice is a collaborative process based on goals, life context, and preferences. She may combine methods over time to meet changing needs.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video calls let people work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions can be simpler when video is not needed, live chat suits brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing feedback between sessions. These options are chosen to fit routines, technology, and how someone prefers to connect.
Questions people ask about Erin
What concerns can Erin help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, addictions, and relationship issues. Other focuses include parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, career stress, ADHD, and identity concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her work is collaborative and client-centered, emphasizing clear goals and practical skills. Sessions mix listening with skill-building and feedback tailored to each person.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relational concerns.
Where does she practice and what is her credential?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Erin offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.