Midge Spong, LCSW

Midge Spong is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. She uses practical conversation and goal-focused work to help clients clarify what matters and take next steps. Midge writes plainly and listens closely to understand each person's situation before suggesting options.

She brings ten years of experience in counseling and life coaching to sessions. Midge blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered approaches to help people identify unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques when people want concrete steps and short-term progress.

Midge often supports people facing career and workplace concerns, parenting and family strains, and challenges related to aging or end-of-life decisions. She also addresses compassion fatigue, self-esteem, depression, and ADHD-related struggles, helping clients find strategies that fit daily life.

Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, small experiments, and skill-building. Conversations include practical coping tools, ways to shift thoughts that hold someone back, and actionable steps toward goals. Coaching-style questions can help clients decide next moves and stay motivated.

Midge holds a Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and maintains her LCSW credential. She also has training in career, health, and retirement coaching, which informs her work on life purpose and career planning.

How practical approaches meet online therapy

Midge uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients notice and change thoughts and behaviors that keep them stuck. CBT focuses on identifying patterns, trying small behavior changes, and tracking what helps, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also adopts a client-centered stance that puts the person's priorities first. That means listening closely, reflecting what matters, and shaping the pace to fit each individual's goals. Motivational interviewing is used when someone wants help finding and strengthening motivation for change through guided questions and collaborative planning.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Midge will talk with a client about goals, try a few methods, and adjust the plan based on what works. The aim is to build practical skills and realistic steps together, not to force a single method.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or use less bandwidth, and chat or text fits quick updates or ongoing coaching-style support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try different communication styles to see what helps most.