Hope Schaffrick, LICSW, LCSW
Washington · 22 years in practice
Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions.
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 facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She brings a calm, respectful presence and aims to make sessions practical and straightforward for people juggling busy lives. Hope draws on 22 years of clinical experience and blends several approaches to fit each person’s needs.
She listens first, then shapes a plan with clear steps people can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and focused on real-life changes rather than labels. Her work often involves coping strategies for anxiety, handling grief and loss, managing mood concerns such as bipolar symptoms, and addressing the effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people navigating parenting challenges, career stress, addictions, and intimacy-related issues.
Hope offers guidance on attachment and communication patterns that affect relationships. Hope uses techniques from cognitive approaches and person-centered conversation to help clients notice unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also brings acceptance-based tools to help people live by their values when change feels hard.
Sessions tend to be interactive, with practical homework and ongoing review of what helps. Hope holds an MA and practices as a LICSW and LCSW, with a Connecticut base. She works with adults who want supportive, thoughtful therapy that focuses on real problems and small, achievable steps toward change.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Hope blends existential ideas, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and attachment-informed work to help people clarify what matters, accept difficult feelings, and improve connections. Existential work looks at meaning, choice, and responsibility to help people facing big life questions and transitions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines mindful noticing of thoughts and feelings with actions guided by personal values to reduce struggle with painful emotions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns of relating and communication, helping clients understand how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust the focus as needed. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to what the client prefers and what helps in day-to-day life.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text-based messaging helps people who prefer writing or shorter, more frequent contact. These options increase flexibility and let people choose what works best for them.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Hope commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting struggles, addiction, career strain, and ADHD-related challenges.
What is her overall therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive, focusing on respectful listening and practical steps. Sessions aim to be collaborative and nonjudgmental.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 22 years of experience in clinical practice working with a broad range of adult concerns and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds an MA and practices as a LICSW and LCSW based in Connecticut.
Which languages and international clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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