About Shirley Sprenger Lange, MA, LMHC

Resume is available upon request.

Lange raised her children on Waldron Island, went to Graduate School at Antioch in Seattle, and got her first counseling job for Northwest Youth Services, in charge of foster homes for at-risk kids and the Sexually Aggressive Youth Program. After five years of agency work, she went into her private practice full-time in 1993. Lange then had an office for 12 years in downtown Bellingham.

After a five year sabbatical, spending time with family and travelling, local private practice counselor Shirley Sprenger Lange, MA, LMHC, has moved her office to the Fairhaven district.

Her varied interests include travel, volunteer work with the Sons and Daughters of Norway, photography, and quilting.

“I like working with kids of all ages,” said Lange. “They seem to open up to me.”

Treating Eating Disorders since 1988

Ms. Lange treats all forms of Eating Disorders; males and females, adolescents, and adults. Ms. Lange also works with athletes and compulsive exercisers, Binge Eating Disorder, obesity, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).

Treatment Model: Ms. Lange uses an eclectic, but person-centered non-diet approach; cognitive-behavioral techniques are also combined with unconditional positive regard for each client's unique perspective.

Shirley's style will appeal to women, adults with eating disorders, in addition to folks in recovery, partners, addicts, and people with issues of co-dependency.

Flexible scheduling, student discounts and sliding scale fees.

Payment Options: Cash/Check, Credit Cards through PayPal, Insurance.

1101 Harris Ave., #21
Bellingham, WA 98225

(upstairs from Tony’s Coffee)
sslange@fairhavencounseling.com