Jodie Spradlin , LMSW

Jodie Spradlin is a licensed master social worker in Michigan with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and struggles with motivation. Jodie aims to treat each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while tailoring conversations and plans to each individual.

Her practice emphasizes practical skills and steady support. She helps people work through relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, grief, and addiction, as well as trauma and abuse. Jodie also addresses specific concerns such as panic attacks, mood difficulties, and the strain that life changes can bring.

Jodie draws from several therapy approaches to match what a person needs. She uses acceptance-based and cognitive tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and to build valued action. Mindfulness and emotion-regulation strategies are offered when stress or intense feelings get in the way of daily life.

People who come to Jodie can expect a collaborative pace. She listens closely and adjusts her methods to fit personal goals, whether that means short-term coping skills or longer work on attachment and communication patterns. Her style is warm, straightforward, and goal-oriented.

Jodie also supports people navigating concerns related to LGBT identity, adoption and foster care, abandonment, and alternative sexual cultures including BDSM and kink. She helps with practical problems too, like money stress, parenting strains, and communication breakdowns.

Sessions are available in English and conducted online or by phone, using a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Jodie works with people across a range of life stages who seek steady, compassionate help for emotional and relational challenges.

How Jodie's Methods Translate to Online Care

Jodie commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts and still take steps toward what matters to them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce symptoms like panic and persistent worry.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jodie treats the choice of methods as collaborative, matching techniques to a client's goals, needs, and preferences. She may combine acceptance, cognitive tools, and practical skills depending on whether someone needs short-term coping skills or longer-term change.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a check-in during a busy day. Live chat and messaging support brief updates, skill practice, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options are designed to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit into daily life.