- Integrative therapy approach
- Focus on practical skills
- Attention to sleep and rest
About Laura
Laura Hopf is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She moved into counseling as a second career and describes this work as her life purpose. Her background includes work with teens, adults, youth, and caregivers on concerns like anxiety, depression, trauma, gender identity, and relationship challenges.
She has practiced in a range of settings, including community mental health, day treatment, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization programs. That variety shaped her ability to adapt to different needs and to offer both individual and group therapy. She aims to bring warmth, compassion, and respect into each session.
Her approach is integrative and draws from cognitive-behavioral ideas and dialectical behavior strategies along with person-centered and gestalt influences. That mix lets her focus on practical skills and on understanding how relationships and environment shape current struggles. Sessions often include skill-building, thought work, and attention to how daily routines affect mood and sleep.
Laura pays attention to sleep and rest as part of overall wellbeing, and she helps people notice patterns that affect rest. She also supports work on stress, coping with life changes, parenting concerns, grief, and self-esteem. The goal is to find realistic steps that fit into everyday life.
Her style is collaborative and goal-focused while staying grounded in empathy. She works with each person to set attainable aims and to choose methods that match their priorities and day-to-day demands.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Laura often uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce symptoms like anxiety or insomnia. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy techniques to teach practical skills for tolerating distress, managing strong emotions, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right method is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust as needed. That means methods may shift over time to match changing needs and progress.
If you are interested in online sessions, please confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports continued work on sleep routines, stress management, and skills practice between meetings without promising a particular service format.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
She works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, sleeping problems, parenting strain, relationship issues, grief, and addiction-related struggles.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is integrative and collaborative, mixing skill-building and exploration. Sessions often combine thought-focused techniques with emotion-regulation and present-moment awareness.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of experience working in community mental health, day treatment, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization settings with teens, adults, youth, and caregivers.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing in Washington.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What does therapy cost and how are sessions billed?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on therapist availability.