Hope Schaffrick, LICSW, LCSW

Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions. She offers clear, practical help for everyday problems like work strain, parenting concerns, relationship challenges, and struggles with attention or mood. Hope speaks English and works with clients both in Connecticut and internationally.

Her approach is collaborative and warm. She listens and then uses practical tools drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, and other methods. Sessions focus on skills you can try between meetings and on reframing unhelpful patterns that get in the way of daily life.

Hope values respect and sensitivity and avoids stigmatizing labels. She tailors the pace and plan to each person's needs, drawing on a range of techniques rather than a single method. Conversations are interactive and grounded in real-world solutions rather than abstract jargon.

Over two decades of practice have included working with people affected by trauma, emotional abuse, addiction, grief, and chronic illness. That background informs a flexible approach that addresses both immediate coping and longer-term goals. Hope aims to help clients build routines and skills they can use outside of sessions.

Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time and sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Practical approaches for online care

Hope often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; CBT focuses on concrete strategies and homework that target symptoms like anxiety, depression, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another common approach she draws on to help people notice difficult feelings, clarify values, and take actions that move them toward a meaningful life. Attachment-based work helps when relationship patterns and early bonds affect current connections and emotional safety.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then recommend tools and methods to try. This collaborative process allows adjustments over time so the plan fits the person's life and aims.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel routines while focusing on skills and progress.