Barbara Spruill, LPC

Barbara Spruill is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with nine years of clinical experience. She has supported people facing a wide range of challenges, including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, career transitions, hoarding behaviors, and combat-related post-traumatic stress. Her practice also addresses substance use and the ways people sometimes self-medicate to cope. She has worked with couples, single parents, military members and veterans, and clients with current or past legal concerns.

As a military veteran herself, Barbara brings an informed perspective to the issues many service members and veterans encounter while serving and after returning to civilian life. Her therapeutic approach is eclectic by design - she draws on Client-Centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, solution-focused strategies, and relationship work such as the Gottman Method to tailor care to each person's needs. She aims to treat clients with dignity and respect and to meet them where they are without rushing the process.

Barbara emphasizes practical, collaborative work that balances symptom relief with skill building and improved relationship functioning. Her experience covers an array of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, sleep problems, and intimacy-related issues, as well as many related life stressors such as caregiving challenges, divorce, financial stress, and issues affecting older adults and veterans. This range allows her to combine techniques that best fit each client's goals and circumstances.