Nobody Loses All the Time with Jess Sprengle, LPC

 
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Episode 64 - Nobody Loses All the Time with Jess Sprengle, LPC

by Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS

In this episode, I am joined by Jess Sprengle, a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Texas and New Jersey specializing in the care and treatment of adolescents, young adults, adults, and families impacted by eating disorders, disordered eating, body image disturbances, and adjacent issues. She is a champion of freedom, justice, and liberation for all people and all bodies and practices from an intersectional, social justice-aligned lens. Jess considers herself to be a “radically genuine” therapist and seeks to embody authenticity and “humanness” with clients. She brings this ferocity to the social media world through her Instagram and Twitter account.

SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

  • The importance of reciprocal openness in therapy, especially for adolescents and others in their formative years.

  • Fear-driven messages from parents/loved ones can fuel eating disorder thoughts and behaviors.

  • Mental health issues, especially eating disorders, do not exist in a vacuum and cannot be treated in one.

  • The danger of waiting for “rock bottom” before beginning the recovery process.

  • How living with an eating disorder compares to playing a rigged game of chess.

  • The ways in which eating disorders do not discriminate against race, orientation, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, or size.


ABOUT JESS SPRENGLE, LPC:

Jess Sprengle is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Texas and New Jersey. She received a Master’s degree from Rowan University in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a Bachelor’s degree from Wagner College in Psychology. She spent several years as a therapist at a private practice specializing in the care and treatment of eating disorders. There, she maintained a full and thriving practice and facilitated support groups for both clients and loved ones. Prior to working in private practice, Jess worked in crisis, college counseling, eating disorder higher levels of care, and educational settings.

Jess is passionate about helping children, adolescents, and adults find peace with food, work toward finding a “home” in their bodies, and live lives worth living. Though she specializes in treating eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image concerns, Jess generally loves being a safe place for any highly sensitive individuals in need of guidance, accountability, and – of course – a healthy dose of compassion.

Jess’ therapeutic style is integrative and individual-focused, with special attention given to each client’s unique personality, strengths, and psychological presentation. She believes that working collaboratively with families, other mental health and health professionals, and other systems relevant to the client’s life is a crucial piece of therapeutic success.

In addition to her work with eating disorders, Jess also has experience working in crisis, college counseling, and educational settings. She has also completed research about sexual assault, revictimization, and negative coping styles in college women, which was published in 2017. Jess has also received training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for a variety of presentations and populations and CBT-Enhanced (for eating disorders).

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ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:

Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. Karin is the founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center located in Boston, MA. You can visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center online to learn more about Karin and her center’s services. You can also connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.