Laura Hopf

Laura Hopf is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She moved into therapy as a second career and describes this work as her life purpose. Laura aims to build a warm, respectful working relationship and to meet people without judgment.

Her background includes direct mental health therapy and behavioral counseling across community mental health settings and day treatment programs. She has provided individual and group work, and has experience in intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs. Laura has worked with teens, adults, and caregivers on issues such as anxiety, depression, trauma, gender identity, and relationship challenges.

Laura uses an integrative approach that blends person-centered, Gestalt, humanistic, cognitive-behavioral, and dialectical behavior ideas. She adapts techniques to match each person’s needs rather than following a single method. The result is straightforward work aimed at symptom relief, better function, or deeper insight depending on a person’s goals.

Many people seek her help for eating and food-related concerns alongside body image and self-esteem issues. She also addresses stress, parenting strain, grief, sleep problems, addiction-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. Laura emphasizes practical tools as well as understanding how past relationships shape current patterns.

In sessions she focuses on clear goals, collaborative planning, and skills people can use outside therapy. Her style is compassionate and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on helping people feel understood while building workable coping strategies.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Laura frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to reduce anxiety or improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions feel overwhelming. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose what fits best based on current needs, goals, and personal preference. That collaboration may mean starting with skills work, moving toward deeper exploration, or combining methods as progress is made.

Confirm session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy routine, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and reduce travel time. Many people find that learning CBT or DBT skills remotely still supports real change when they practice between sessions and bring real-life examples to discuss.