About Laura
Laura Hopf is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She shifted into therapy as a second career and describes helping people as her life purpose. She offers calm, direct support for common struggles like anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship stress.
Her background includes individual and group work in community mental health and day treatment settings. She has experience in intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, and has provided care for teens, adults, and caregivers facing a range of concerns.
Background and approach
This experience shaped a practical, flexible approach to care. In sessions she focuses on building a respectful, warm relationship. She aims to meet people where they are, without judgment, and to work toward goals together.
She balances symptom relief and skill-building with attention to personal values and insight. Therapeutic work draws on several methods to match a person’s needs. Laura uses tools from cognitive-behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches alongside mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques.
She tailors those tools to everyday life problems like sleep, anger, or feeling stuck. People who come for her help can expect straightforward conversation, skill practice, and planning between sessions. She also pays attention to how relationships and past experiences influence current patterns.
The aim is clearer coping strategies and steadier daily functioning over time.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Laura often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching clear skills for managing anxiety, mood problems, and sleep. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for strong feelings and relationship stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean trying brief skill-focused work first, then shifting to deeper exploration when helpful.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls let people work face to face when they prefer it. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for shorter check-ins, homework review, and ongoing support between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English