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Emily Sprang

Therapist · Tennessee

Curious, practical therapy for relationship and trauma struggles

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Emily Sprang
Credentials
LPC-MHSP
License
LPC-MHSP, Tennessee · 7493
NPI
1154128452
Experience
4 years
Languages
English
Location
Tennessee
  • Trauma and relationship focus
  • Works with intimacy issues
  • Helps with codependency

About Emily

Emily Sprang is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) practicing in Tennessee. She sees people who want to look beneath the surface of their struggles and make practical changes. Her work includes relationship problems, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, self-esteem concerns, and mood challenges such as bipolar disorder.

Emily aims to create a calm setting where a person can safely talk through painful memories and everyday stresses. She brings curiosity and openness to sessions and focuses on what feels most important to each person. Conversations cover patterns in relationships, attachment and abandonment issues, and how past experiences affect today's choices.

She also addresses areas like communication problems, commitment worries, control issues, and codependency. Other concerns she helps people with include body image, chronic pain or illness, and substance use struggles. Emily acknowledges the role of family of origin issues and helps people untangle those patterns.

With four years of clinical experience, Emily balances practical steps with careful listening. She works with individuals and couples who want clearer boundaries, healthier intimacy, or steadier mood management. To begin, she asks people to identify a small, meaningful goal and then builds from there.

Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Prospective clients choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits their needs.

How evidence-based techniques translate to online care

Emily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer relationships. For example, approaches that help people notice patterns in thoughts and behavior can reduce conflict and improve mood by teaching new ways to respond. Another common approach emphasizes understanding attachment and abandonment patterns so people can build steadier connections and healthier boundaries.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, background, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then try methods that fit those needs. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is working for the person.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce the time spent traveling, and allow shorter check-ins when a full appointment isn’t needed. It can also let someone meet with a licensed professional from their region while still working on relationship, trauma, and intimacy concerns in a practical way.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemBipolar disorder

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsImpulsivityInfidelityLife purposeMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesYoung adult issues

Experience

4+ years

Credentials

Tennessee

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Emily help with?

She helps people facing relationship struggles, intimacy challenges, trauma and abuse, mood issues including bipolar, and self-esteem concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Emily brings openness and curiosity to sessions and focuses on creating a space where people can explore what is really going on in their relationships and mood.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has four years of experience working with individuals and couples on issues such as trauma, attachment, and communication problems.

What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?

She holds the LPC-MHSP credential and practices in Tennessee.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How do fees and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

What are the first steps to begin therapy?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

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