Therapist profile
Laura Hopf, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Family and parenting concerns
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- Anxiety and depression
- Trauma and coping
- Parenting stress
About Laura
Laura Hopf is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She has worked across community mental health, day treatment, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization settings. Laura helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, sleep problems, and addiction-related issues.
She has provided both individual and group therapy for teens, adults, and caregivers. Her background includes work with gender identity concerns and learning disabilities alongside more common mood and stress-related difficulties. Laura often connects current problems to patterns formed in close relationships and family systems.
In sessions she blends practical tools and reflective work. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are used to change unhelpful thinking and habits. Dialectical strategies support emotion regulation and distress tolerance during heated moments.
Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas also appear in her work to help people notice what matters now and take small forward steps. Motivational interviewing can help when someone feels stuck or is working on behavior change related to substance use or unhealthy patterns.
Her approach is adaptable. She listens for what each person needs and shifts methods to fit their goals. People who want both practical coping skills and a chance to look at how relationships shape current problems often find this mix useful.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Laura commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to help reduce reactivity and improve sleep and mood.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance, which can be helpful for people who feel overwhelmed or act impulsively. These methods aim to give concrete skills people can practice between sessions and apply at home.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. She will work collaboratively to figure out which approaches fit your goals and day-to-day life, adjusting strategies as needed. Clients and the therapist check in about what helps and change course when something is not working.
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Before booking, confirm which online options are currently offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around parenting and work commitments.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Washington
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of home and family concerns does she address?
She works with stress around parenting, relationship strain, communication problems, caregiver stress, and related issues such as grief and anger.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative approach that mixes cognitive-behavioral, dialectical, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to match a person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has six years of experience providing individual and group therapy in community and higher-intensity treatment settings.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, credentialed as WA LMHC LH, and practices in Washington.
Does she work in languages other than English or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats. Confirm current online and in-person options before scheduling.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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