Dr. Sean Spelgatti, LPC
Pennsylvania · 11 years in practice
Dr. Sean Spelgatti is a licensed professional counselor with 11 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LPC, Pennsylvania
- PC010891 · expires February 2027
- LPC, South Carolina
- 11195 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1326517921 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Sean
Dr. Sean Spelgatti is a licensed professional counselor with 11 years of clinical experience. He holds a PhD in Counseling and practices from Pennsylvania.
He presents as a thoughtful, problem-focused clinician who aims to help people get unstuck and move toward clearer goals. He blends several approaches when working with people. Sessions often look like focused conversations about stress, anxiety, relationships, mood, and practical steps to change.
He pays attention to thoughts and behavior patterns while also exploring values and meaning in life.
Background and approach
His background includes doctoral-level internships and a variety of outpatient mental health settings. That experience exposed him to many issues such as trauma, addiction, grief, parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, and care-related stress. He also brings research experience to clinical work and uses that to shape practical strategies.
In the room he aims to be a calm listener who asks clear questions. He explains ideas plainly and helps clients try small, doable steps between sessions. He can adapt session style to focus more on problem solving, emotional processing, or values-based planning depending on what the person needs.
Dr. Spelgatti offers video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging sessions and works with people across regions, including international clients. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and scheduling follows the therapist's availability.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sean lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Sean names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Existential work helps people look at meaning, purpose, and choices in life. It often focuses on what matters most and how to live in line with personal values rather than just managing symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, combines acceptance of difficult thoughts with clear steps toward chosen values; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how past close relationships shape current trust and intimacy, and it can help with relationship strain and patterns that keep repeating.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. Sessions may shift over time from practical skill-building to deeper conversations about meaning and connection as needs change.
Online sessions provide flexible ways to engage in therapy. Video calls let people have a conversation much like an in-person session. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a work break. Live chat and text-based messaging offer brief check-ins, coaching-style feedback, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life while keeping focus on progress and practical next steps.
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Questions people ask
What issues does he commonly help with?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, self-esteem, ADHD, addictions, trauma, grief, and related life changes.
What is his therapeutic style like?
His style mixes clear problem-solving with exploration of values and meaning, using both behavioral skills and deeper conversations about what matters.
How much clinical experience does he have?
He has 11 years of clinical experience and brings doctoral-level training plus research experience to his practice.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
He holds the LPC credential and practices from Pennsylvania with licensure noted as SC LPC and PA LPC.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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