Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Misty works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Misty
Misty Spencer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who bases her work in practical, goal-focused methods. She uses clear, actionable strategies to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and shifts in life. Misty writes and speaks plainly so people can try tools between sessions and notice real change.
She draws mainly from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to help clients change unhelpful thoughts and build small, manageable skills.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques are woven in to help with stress, sleep struggles, and moments of overwhelm. Trauma-focused approaches guide safe processing for people whose past hurts affect daily life. Over seven years as an LCSW, Misty has worked in social work for 18 years overall.
That background includes supporting adults, teenagers, and people who have experienced trauma, anxiety, or depression. She leans on a strengths-based stance and sets clear, achievable goals with each person she meets. In sessions she focuses on communication, self-esteem, parenting stress, and navigating relationship or family problems.
She also supports people coping with grief, caregiver strain, adoption and foster care concerns, and issues rooted in attachment or family of origin. Misty offers a practical mix of skill building, mindfulness practice, and focused problem solving. She aims to help clients name priorities, try new behaviors, and track progress over time.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
What Misty works with
Everything Misty lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Misty's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Misty lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches you can use in online sessions
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, panic, anger, and depression by breaking problems into small, concrete steps.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on what you want to change and the next practical steps toward it. Sessions often include setting short-term goals and trying simple strategies between meetings to see what helps most.
Misty views choosing an approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level rather than prescribing one single way forward. Together they track what works and adjust the plan over time.
Online sessions offer flexibility to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are an option when bandwidth is low, and live chat or text messaging can support quick check-ins or written reflection. These options make it easier to keep consistent work while balancing home, school, or work commitments.
Questions people ask about Misty
What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
Misty supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and sleep problems. She also helps with parenting strain, grief, trauma and family-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is practical and goal-oriented. She uses skills you can practice between sessions and combines problem solving with mindfulness exercises.
What is her clinical background?
She has 7 years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and 18 years working in social work settings. Her experience includes work with adults, teenagers, and people who have experienced trauma.
Where is the therapist based and what are the credentials?
She is licensed in Illinois as an LCSW. Her listed credential is LCSW with an IL LCSW license.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.