Laura Hopf, LMHC

Laura Hopf is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Washington. She brings six years of clinical experience and views this work as a second career and life purpose. Her practice focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and caregiver strain. She approaches each person with warmth, compassion, and respect.

Before moving into private practice she provided direct therapy and behavioral counseling in community mental health settings. Her background includes individual and group work, day treatment programs, intensive outpatient care, and partial hospitalization. That experience shaped how she supports people through intense or ongoing challenges.

Her style is integrative and practical. She uses tools from cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral approaches alongside mindfulness and solution-focused ideas. Sessions can include skill practice, problem-solving, and gentle reflection aimed at clearer next steps.

She pays attention to relationships, family patterns, and how daily life affects mood and behavior. Topics she commonly addresses include parenting stress, relationship difficulties, sleep problems, grief, and issues around identity and self-worth. She also helps people facing addiction concerns or feeling isolated.

Laura aims to meet each person where they are without judgment. She works collaboratively to set goals people find meaningful. If you are supporting a loved one, she has experience related to caregiver issues and compassion fatigue and can help you talk through those challenges.

Approaches that support online caregiving and stress work

Laura commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), along with mindfulness practices. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes to behavior; it is often useful for anxiety, mood problems, and sleep difficulties. DBT emphasizes skills for tolerating distress, regulating emotions, and improving communication, which can help with intense reactions, impulsivity, and relationship strain.

Finding the right approach is something to explore together. She will work collaboratively to match methods to your goals and circumstances, checking in about what helps and what feels relevant. That shared process helps shape which skills and tools are emphasized in sessions.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy caregiving schedules, support shorter check-ins when needed, reduce commute time, and allow for flexible timing around work or caregiving duties. Therapists use structured exercises, skill practice, and homework in virtual sessions the same way they do in person, which helps clients apply new habits in daily life.