Contact Page Reply Formatting

Using Enfold 2.9.2 and the Contact Form element in the Layout Builder I have some problems with the formatting of the reply message.

I want to send a reply email using the built-in function in Contact Form, but the formatting is not what I want. It seems that the period symbol is read as a “start new line” function.

I tried to insert HTML tags into the reply text, but are ignored by the Contact Form.

Here’s what I entered (trying to get the correct formatting):
Your message has been received.”<br>”If you require a response, or need more information, we will reply to you shortly. If you need immediate assistance please contact our office by phone at 555-555-5555.”<br>”Therapy Help Center<p>www.therapyhelpcenter.com”<br>”Telephone: 555-555-5555

I also tried simply using spaces and line breaks as I typed to get the correct formatting, but this didn’t work — then I tried inserting the HTML tags as a second way to manipulate how the response looks.

The reply text (above) produces this email response in Gmail, and looks exactly the same with or without the embedded HTML codes. I put the “new line” code in quotes in my post here to try to get your forum software to ignore them when it displays this message.
“Your message has been received.

If you require a response, or need more information, we will reply to you shortly.

If you need immediate assistance you can contact our office at 555-555-5555.

Therapy Help Center

http://www.therapyhelpcenter.com

Telephone: 555-555-5555”