Hope Schaffrick, LICSW, LCSW
Washington · 22 years in practice
Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LICSW, Washington
- LW60915818 · expires January 2027
- LICSW, Massachusetts
- LICSW121964 · expires January 2028
- LCSW, Utah
- 12919117-3501 · expires September 2026
- LCSW, Maine
- LC21472 · expires July 2026
- LCSW, Connecticut
- 16737 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1477676377 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Hope
Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. She uses a direct, compassionate style and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Hope aims to create a calm space where someone can talk through what matters most and build small, useful skills.
Hope brings 22 years of experience in clinical practice and holds MA LICSW and CT LCSW credentials.
Background and approach
She has worked with people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, career decisions, addiction concerns, and grief. Her background includes supporting those who have experienced emotional abuse and trauma. Her approach combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, and elements of cognitive behavioral techniques.
That mix lets her focus on emotions, values, and practical behavior changes depending on the persons goals. Sessions are conversational and collaborative. Hope listens for patterns in how emotions and relationships show up, then helps clients try new ways of responding.
She emphasizes small experiments and clear, doable steps rather than long lists of instructions. People can work with her on issues like ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, intimacy and sexual identity matters, compassion fatigue, and blended family or adoption-related worries. She also supports coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and commitment or communication problems.
Hope practices from Connecticut and offers services in English. She works with international clients and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging as options for ongoing support.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Hope lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Hope names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused care and flexible online support
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift key emotions that keep them stuck. It focuses on what someone feels in the moment and how those feelings shape relationships and choices.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches ways to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting pulled into them, and to act based on personal values. That approach can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in close relationships and how those patterns affect current connections. It can be useful for people who want to change repeating cycles in how they relate to others.
Hope works collaboratively to find the right mix of methods for each person. She will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then adjust the plan as you try different strategies together.
Online therapy lets clients access help without traveling and makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are handy for brief check-ins, homework support, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options create flexibility while keeping therapeutic progress central.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Hope commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, ADHD, and a broad set of related topics like grief and addiction.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are warm and interactive, with a focus on listening, emotional processing, and practical steps clients can try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
Hope has 22 years of clinical experience and a history of supporting people with emotional abuse, trauma, and long-term mood or relationship concerns.
Which credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds MA LICSW and CT LCSW credentials and practices from Connecticut while also working with clients in other regions.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
Hope offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
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 her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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