Laura Hopf
LMHC
Washington
Compassionate, practical counseling for life challenges
Continue with LauraAt a glance
- Credentials
- LMHC
- License
- LMHC, Washington / LH 61544975
- NPI
- 1053919068
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Washington
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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- Warm supportive care
- Goal focused work
- Evidence informed methods
About Laura
Laura Hopf is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Washington with six years of clinical experience. She made counseling her second career and approaches the work with clear purpose. She brings calm, warmth, and respect to sessions and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.
Her background includes individual and group therapy in community mental health settings, day treatment programs, intensive outpatient care, and partial hospitalization. That variety helped her learn ways to support people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, gender identity questions, learning differences, and relationship struggles.
Laura uses an integrative style that adapts to each person’s needs. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused techniques when those approaches match a client’s goals. Sessions emphasize collaboration and clear, manageable goals rather than one-size-fits-all plans.
In practice she pays attention to how relationships, family patterns, and life circumstances shape present difficulties. She works to create a respectful space where people can talk about grief, parenting stress, addictive behaviors, sleep problems, self-esteem, and other concerns without judgement.
Her work often addresses deeper patterns such as attachment concerns, abandonment wounds, body image, control issues, guilt and shame, and panic symptoms. Laura helps people translate insight into everyday changes and coping skills they can use between sessions.
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How therapeutic approaches shape online care
Laura often uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to make change. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping a person build motivation at their own pace, which can be useful for habit change and addictions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and build practical skills for mood and anxiety management. CBT offers clear exercises and strategies people can practice between sessions to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are also part of her toolkit for emotion regulation and stress tolerance. DBT teaches grounding skills, distress tolerance, and ways to improve communication when emotions run high. Laura treats finding the right approach as a shared task; she will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences rather than prescribing a single path.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove travel time so people can focus on practical skill building. Licensed professionals will help adapt exercises like CBT worksheets, motivational conversations, and DBT skill practice to an online setting so the work can continue between sessions. -
Areas of expertise
Also works with
AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesGriefSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCompassion fatigueAdditional focus areas
AbandonmentAttachment issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsControl issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessMood disordersNarcissismPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTherapeutic approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyExperience
6+ years
Listed in
Washington
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns are addressed here?
Common topics include stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship problems, grief, sleep issues, parenting strain, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Additional focuses include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, guilt and shame, and panic symptoms.
How would you describe the therapy style and approach?
The approach is integrative and adapts to each person. Methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused work are used to fit individual goals.
What is the therapist's experience background?
She has six years of experience providing direct mental health therapy and behavioral counseling in community mental health, day treatment, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
The therapist holds the credential LMHC, listed as WA LMHC LH, and practices 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.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use 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 schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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