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Dawneisha Spratley, LPC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationPennsylvania
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Family
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Dawneisha

Dawneisha Spratley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with two decades of clinical experience. She draws on a mix of evidence-informed methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, mood disorders such as bipolar, and the complex effects of trauma and abuse.

Background and approach

Her work also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, self-esteem, addictions, parenting challenges, and ADHD among other focus areas. Her style blends cognitive and humanistic perspectives with attachment-informed and emotionally focused techniques, shaping treatment around each person’s needs and goals.

Dawneisha emphasizes dignity and respect in the therapeutic relationship and adapts interventions to fit practical life concerns like career stress, caregiving strain, and communication issues. She also provides help for topics such as abandonment, adoption and foster care dynamics, codependency, impulsivity, and compassion fatigue.

Clients can expect an individualized plan that evolves from collaborative conversation and clinical judgment developed over 20 years of practice. Dawneisha offers sessions using multiple remote formats and guides people through early steps toward change with patience and clear, goal-oriented support.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then commit to values-based actions; this approach can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and impulsivity. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses within relationships and can be helpful for intimacy-related concerns and communication problems.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Dawneisha will work with clients to explore which methods align with their goals and preferences, adjusting strategies over time so treatment reflects what is most helpful in practice.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These formats make it easier to fit regular therapy into busy schedules, provide continuity during life changes, and allow people to maintain momentum between sessions while using the therapeutic approaches described above.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Dawneisha address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, parenting challenges, and ADHD along with related topics like self-esteem and career stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
Her approach is integrative and client-centered, drawing from cognitive behavioral, attachment-based, and emotionally focused therapies to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience working as a psychotherapist and counselor across diverse clinical concerns and populations.
Where is Dawneisha licensed to practice?
She holds licensure in Pennsylvania as a LPC with license number PA LPC PC007907 and in New Jersey as NJ LPC 37PC00913400, and she is based in Pennsylvania.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available for working together?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How is cost and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered through 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 sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-harmSelf-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Languages

English

What Dawneisha can help with

Dawneisha Spratley works with clients on stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and self esteem.

Dawneisha works with clients with concerns including stress, depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, social conflicts, PTSD, and ADHD.

How Dawneisha approaches therapy

Dawneisha's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing.

Experience and training

Dawneisha is a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Pennsylvania, with 20 years of clinical experience.