Laura Hopf, LMHC

Laura Hopf is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She made counseling her second career and brings energy and purpose to each session. Laura aims to meet people where they are with warmth and respect.

She has worked in community mental health, day treatment, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization settings. That range gave her experience with individual and group formats and a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma, gender identity, and learning differences.

Laura uses an integrative approach that draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work. She tailors methods to each person’s goals rather than following a single script. Sessions often mix practical coping skills with chances to reflect on patterns and relationships.

In the room she focuses on building a steady, humane relationship. She emphasizes small, doable changes - for sleep, stress, mood, or communication - alongside exploring deeper issues like attachment, shame, or grief. Clients can expect straightforward talk and concrete tools to try between sessions.

Laura also supports people dealing with addiction concerns, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to body image, impulsivity, panic symptoms, and self-worth in plain, direct language. The aim is steady progress that fits each person’s life.

How online sessions use practical approaches

Laura commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) alongside mindfulness techniques. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood. DBT teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication skills for intense emotions and relationship stress. Mindfulness work builds attention to the present moment and helps with rumination, sleep, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest strategies to try. That collaboration means methods can shift over time if something isn’t helping or if new needs appear.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes therapy easier to fit into busy days. Video lets people practice skills in real time, phone calls work when video isn’t possible, and chat or messaging are useful for quick check-ins or shorter prompts between sessions. These options offer flexibility for different schedules, bandwidth, and comfort with being on camera.