Candyce Spruel, LMFT

Candyce Spruel is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. Candyce emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach and sees clients as the experts in their own stories.

She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, realistic goals. Sessions mix practical skills and personal reflection. Many clients learn ways to reduce anxious thinking, handle mood shifts, and rebuild confidence.

Candyce uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy alongside client-centered work. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused ideas when they fit a person's needs. Her approach is flexible and focused on what helps most in daily life.

Sessions often include skill practice, short exercises, and talk therapy to sort out patterns that feel stuck. Candyce helps people identify values and small steps that move them toward a more satisfying life. She aims to make therapy straightforward and relatable.

Her work covers issues such as body image, communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, post-traumatic stress, women's issues, and workplace concerns. People who want a collaborative, practical therapist may find her style a good match.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life actions. Online CBT sessions often focus on simple homework, thought records, and skill practice that clients can use between appointments.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy centers on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. In remote sessions the therapist helps clients name what matters most and choose doable actions that fit their daily routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Candyce will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor techniques from CBT, ACT, or client-centered methods to fit each person. That collaborative process helps decide whether to emphasize skill practice, values work, or deeper emotional processing.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can provide brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and short reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to practice skills between sessions.