She received her B.A. in Psychology and Holocaust & Genocide Studies from Clark University, as well as her Master of Social Work with a concentration in Health & Mental Health from the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. She then trained at the South Shore Sexual Health Center where she worked towards her Certification in Sex Therapy through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). Dr. Spooner then went on to receive her Doctor of Social Work degree in which she focused on antiracism, social justice, anti-stigma, and problematic sexual behaviors. One of Dr. Spooner’s biggest passions is offering sex-positive and judgment-free treatment to individuals navigating minor attraction (MAP). Her dissertation and capstone projects focus on addressing social worker stigma towards MAP individuals, specifically creating an anti-stigma curriculum for master’s level students. Additionally, Dr. Spooner is working to develop a sex-positive, pleasure-focused, and consent-based sex education program for youth, which places particular emphasis on sex education as a means to reduce child sexual abuse.

Dr. Spooner’s clinical specialties are as follows: Stigma-based trauma(s); Sex Offender Treatment and Problematic Sexual Behaviors; MAP support; Gender Identity; Sexual Trauma; BDSM/Kink; Fetishes; Cross-Dressing; Healthy pornography utilization; Monogamous and Non-Monogamous Relationships; Body Image; Sexual Compulsivity; and Crisis-intervention & suicide prevention.

In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Spooner provides education and consultation to universities, agencies, and independent psychotherapists around issues of sex, sexuality, and problematic sexual behaviors. She has contributed to a number of online magazines and is an adjunct instructor at Salem State University and Farleigh Dickinson University.