Erin Spensley
Calm, practical therapy for real-life challenges
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Erin
Erin Spensley is a licensed professional counselor in Wisconsin who helps people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. She brings six years of clinical experience to sessions and aims to make therapy straightforward and usable.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes an affirming stance for LGBT clients and those processing trauma or big life changes. Erin uses practical, collaborative methods so clients learn skills they can use day to day.
Conversations focus on clear goals, better communication, and coping strategies for mood and stress. She pays attention to how attachment patterns and relationship habits shape emotions and behavior.
Her background includes approaches such as the Gottman Method, attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy. These help when the goal is to improve communication, reduce anxiety, or build healthier routines.
Sessions mix talk, skill practice, and small experiments clients can try between appointments. Erin often supports people dealing with grief, addiction struggles, parenting stress, body image and eating concerns, career pressures, and compassion fatigue.
She also works with issues like ADHD, intimacy-related worries, and a wide range of attachment or personality challenges. The aim is to identify what matters most and move toward practical change.
In conversation she keeps language plain and direct. People can expect a steady, respectful approach that centers their experience and preferences.
Work is paced to each person's needs, with attention to concrete tools and ongoing problem solving.
Online approaches that focus on relationships and coping
Erin blends approaches that target how people relate to others and manage intense feelings. The Gottman Method concentrates on communication patterns and practical exercises to improve interaction and reduce conflict. It is useful when couples or partners want clearer ways to talk and rebuild connection.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. This work helps people recognize patterns, feel more understood, and try different ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person's experience at the center, using listening and reflection so clients feel heard and can decide what changes to try.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Erin will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they pick or combine methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility across formats. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and demonstrations. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing daily life.
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Experience
6+ years
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English