Bethany Sparkman, LPC

Bethany Sparkman is a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee with five years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, substance concerns, trauma, and anger. Bethany centers each session on the person in front of her and on the strengths they bring to change.

She sees therapy as a collaborative effort. Bethany listens to the story you bring and helps break problems into manageable steps. She uses practical, evidence-informed methods to build coping skills and reduce distress over time.

Her approach often draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and shift patterns that keep problems going. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action. Client-centered techniques shape how she listens and responds in sessions.

Bethany has worked with people dealing with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, body image and eating concerns, parenting strain, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also supports clients facing blended family challenges, attachment and abandonment issues, chronic health concerns, and co-occurring conditions.

Sessions are offered through a range of online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Bethany aims to make therapy straightforward and focused so people can see practical changes in daily life.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaching practical skills to change them. It can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and many everyday struggles by giving clear tools to test and shift unhelpful patterns.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when emotions are hard. This approach can be useful for stress, pain, avoidance, and motivation struggles. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathic listening and building a trusting relationship to help people feel heard and understood.

Picking the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and life circumstances. That process can include trying techniques from different approaches and adjusting as needed.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how and when sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper connection is helpful. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging are good for brief check-ins, skill practice between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity of care across changing schedules.