About Bonnie
Bonnie Spicer is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee who focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for people feeling overwhelmed. She uses straightforward methods to help with anxiety, stress, depression, and the strain of life changes. Her style is warm and goal-oriented, written for someone who needs clear steps and honest support.
Bonnie draws from several approaches to shape sessions that match each person's needs. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
She also leans on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values even when feelings are intense. Attachment-based work informs how she talks about relationships and connection. That helps when patterns from early relationships still affect current trust and closeness.
Client-centered skills keep the pace driven by the person in the room, not by a rigid agenda. Over seven years as an LPC Bonnie has supported people with addiction, grief, trauma, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with concerns such as sleep and eating struggles, career stress, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and body image.
Her experience includes assisting those facing chronic illness and caregiving stress. Sessions use a mix of video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging to fit different schedules. People who start work with Bonnie complete a short questionnaire and then schedule sessions that match their availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Bonnie blends cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy into online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying concrete behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice difficult feelings, clarify personal values, and take actions that matter even when emotions are strong.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Bonnie will talk with each person about goals, what has or hasn’t helped before, and preferences for structure. Together they decide whether to focus on skill-building, values-based action, relationship patterns, or a mix of these methods.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face 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 are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit into busy days and varied schedules.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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