Therapeutic Approach

Helping parents and caregivers build deep, meaningful connections with their children is at the heart of Spencer’s therapeutic approach. By guiding caregivers to better understand and address challenges within the relationship, Spencer helps families overcome barriers to healing. In a safe, supportive and therapeutic environment, children and their caregivers can explore the roots of behavioral struggles—such as trauma, abuse, neglect, abandonment, and loss—and begin their journey toward healing.

Spencer’s approach focuses on three key outcomes: First, strengthening attachment as families develop new, compassionate understandings of their past. Next, safely processing distressing memories, leading to a desensitizing effect on triggers that affect both caregivers and children. And ultimately, improving self-regulation in children, enhancing the ability to learn, adapt, and grow.

With two decades of both personal and professional experience, Spencer deeply understands the complexities of parenting—particularly when navigating adoption, foster care, and trauma. His practice is dedicated to addressing these unique challenges with the care, attention, and expertise needed through childhood adolescence and young adulthood.