Sarah Spurling, MS(R), PhD, HSPP
Dr. Spurling is the owner of BrightPath Pediatric Psychology and a practicing pediatric psychologist with over 10 years of experience. She provides specialized care for children and families coping with a range of challenges, including:
Emotional and behavioral concerns
Chronic pain conditions
Medical phobias
Chronic illness adjustment
Sleep issues
Elimination issues (enuresis and encopresis)
Dr. Spurling earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Saint Louis University. Her extensive training included a pre-doctoral internship in pediatric psychology at Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, followed by two post-doctoral fellowships: one in child clinical and pediatric psychology at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville, Indiana, and another at Norton Children’s Hospital/University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky.
She began her career as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine/Norton Children’s Hospital, where she worked across Child Psychiatry and Psychology and Pediatric Endocrinology. Prior to founding her own practice, she returned to Evansville and worked at the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital Center for Children in their medical subspecialty clinic.