About Misty
Misty Spencer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who offers clear, goal-focused support for people facing anxiety, stress, and life changes. She explains things plainly and works alongside clients to build practical skills they can use day to day. She brings seven years as an LCSW and a longer history in social work to each session.
Misty draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help people notice unhelpful patterns and test small changes.
Background and approach
She also uses mindfulness and trauma-focused ideas when those tools fit the concern. Sessions tend to be practical and strengths-based. Misty helps clients set short-term goals and practice strategies between visits.
That can include simple thought exercises, behavior experiments, grounding techniques, or steps to improve sleep and routine. Many people seek her help for anxiety, panic, depression, relationship problems, parenting strain, and trouble after loss or trauma. She also addresses issues such as attachment, codependency, caregiver stress, and work-related compassion fatigue.
She works with English-speaking adults from Illinois and offers a range of online session formats. Misty aims to create a steady, realistic plan so progress feels manageable rather than overwhelming.
How CBT and Mindfulness Fit into Online Care
Misty often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT focuses on small, testable changes that can reduce anxiety and improve mood over time. Mindfulness Therapy is another tool she uses to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept up by them; this can be useful for stress, panic, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and comfort level. Decisions about which methods to use are revisited as progress is made, so the plan grows from what helps most in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is handy for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions are a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow brief exchanges, homework support, and quick strategy reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and other obligations while accessing the same therapeutic approaches she uses in traditional sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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