Hope Sparks, MA
Post-Graduate Resident Clinician / EFT Trained / EMDR Trained
Hope completed a master’s degree in Clinical Addictions Counseling and Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Indiana Wesleyan University. Her undergraduate degree is from Indiana University East in Psychology and human services. She works with adolescents and adults dealing with a variety of mental health challenges. Her experience has been in addiction counseling, crisis counseling, and intervention. Hope helps individuals work through anxiety, depression, and sexually maladaptive behaviors. Hope enjoys marriage and family therapy and group work. She has completed post-graduate
training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Hope believes connection is key in the therapy process and strives to allow a supportive, safe, and healing environment for clients. This environment allows the client to guide their own treatment with flexibility between themselves and the counselor. Additionally, she welcomes integrating the client’s personal faith into sessions at the request of the client.
Hope enjoys downtime with her husband and children. She also enjoys working as the youth director at her church and co-leading grief share groups. She is passionate about individuals’ mental health and their relationships within their families and communities.