Bonnie Spicer, LPC
Narrative-informed therapist focused on practical change
Details
| Name | Bonnie Spicer |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Tennessee |
| Licensed in | Tennessee |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Bonnie
Bonnie Spicer is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Tennessee. She brings seven years of clinical experience to help people facing anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and practical, aimed at making therapy easy to understand and use.
She uses Narrative ideas alongside evidence-based methods to help people tell the stories that shape their lives. Sessions often focus on spotting unhelpful patterns, naming painful experiences, and finding new ways to move forward.
Background and approach
Clients learn concrete skills to manage symptoms like panic, low mood, or trouble sleeping. Bonnie also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive-behavioral techniques when helpful. Those approaches support learning new behaviors, accepting difficult feelings, and recommitting to meaningful goals.
Attachment-based work helps people understand how early relationships influence current connections and trust. She addresses a wide range of concerns, including addiction, grief, compassion fatigue, career stress, and identity questions. Bonnie supports people working through parenting strain, caregiving stress, chronic illness issues, and body image or eating concerns.
Her approach adapts to each person's situation and goals. Sessions are offered in English and can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. New clients begin by completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for them.
Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Self esteem, Depression among the things Bonnie works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Bonnie among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Bonnie directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Bonnie directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and skill-based therapy work online
Bonnie uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from the problems they face and rewrite limiting life stories. Narrative work looks at how events and labels shape daily choices and helps people make different meaning from their experiences.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to teach ways of accepting hard feelings while committing to actions that match personal values. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are used to spot thinking patterns and practice new behaviors that reduce anxiety and depression.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Bonnie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they review what’s helping, what’s not, and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works well for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and reach a therapist from different locations.
Common questions about this listing
What issues does Bonnie address?
She helps people with anxiety, depression, stress, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy struggles, self-esteem, and career or parenting strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is approachable and practical. She uses Narrative ideas plus ACT and CBT tools to help people reframe stories and build concrete coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working with adults on a broad range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and location apply?
She is an LPC - licensed professional counselor - practicing in Tennessee.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist match. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
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