- Warm interactive style
- Values-based tools
- Focus on relationships
About Hope
Hope Schaffrick is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 22 years of practice. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, or life changes. She also supports those facing trauma, addiction, grief, intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges.
Hope works in a warm, interactive style. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps that fit a client’s life. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with sensitivity and respect.
Her approach blends several methods to meet each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and ACT tools to clarify values and take meaningful action. Attachment-based work is used to look at relationship patterns that affect intimacy and trust.
Hope has spent many years helping people cope with complex situations like abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD. She also addresses concerns around body image, kink and alternative sex culture, and communication problems.
People who meet with Hope can expect collaborative goal-setting, skills practice, and a tailored plan rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol. To begin, readers choose Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to her availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Hope works in a warm, interactive style. Sessions are conversational and focused on practical steps that fit a client’s life. She avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with sensitivity and respect.
Her approach blends several methods to meet each person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and ACT tools to clarify values and take meaningful action. Attachment-based work is used to look at relationship patterns that affect intimacy and trust.
Hope has spent many years helping people cope with complex situations like abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and neurodiversity concerns such as autism and ADHD. She also addresses concerns around body image, kink and alternative sex culture, and communication problems.
People who meet with Hope can expect collaborative goal-setting, skills practice, and a tailored plan rather than a one-size-fits-all protocol. To begin, readers choose Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to her availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How Hope’s approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking meaningful action. It helps people move toward goals even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy examines how early and current relationship patterns shape trust and intimacy, which can be useful for relationship and intimacy-related concerns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Hope will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That means trying strategies together and adjusting the plan as needed rather than picking one method in advance.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since specific formats were not listed in the biography. Online therapy can help fit care into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time so sessions are easier to attend. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and skill practice to virtual meetings, making therapy that focuses on values, thinking patterns, and relationship work practical and usable in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsSystemic Therapy
Experience
22+ years
Credentials
Washington, Massachusetts, Utah, Maine, Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Hope commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, ADHD, and career challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
The approach is warm and interactive, with conversational sessions that focus on practical steps and skills tailored to each person.
What is her professional background?
She brings 22 years of clinical experience and has worked extensively with people who have experienced trauma, emotional abuse, and complex life stressors.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds MA LICSW and CT LCSW credentials and practices from Connecticut.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current options before booking.
How are fees or payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the continue button on this profile, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.