Hope Schaffrick, LICSW, LCSW
Washington · 22 years in practice
Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker with more than two decades of experience.
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 with more than two decades of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, or big life changes. She also supports people facing trauma, addiction, ADHD, and identity-related concerns in a straightforward, respectful way.
Hope uses a practical and relational style in sessions. She listens closely and adapts the work to each person’s needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all plan.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on real-life problems and small, usable steps that can make daily life feel more manageable. Her background includes long experience across clinical settings, where she has worked with people dealing with chronic health issues, caregiver strain, and complex emotional histories. That experience shapes how she breaks down challenges so they feel less daunting and more solvable.
Hope draws on Systemic ideas to look at patterns that affect people across relationships and routines. She also blends approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based methods, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques to match the moment and the person. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each client’s comfort level.
Hope aims to build practical skills for coping, clearer communication, and emotional regulation while honoring each person’s values and goals.
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
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
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
How Hope’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Hope often uses Systemic therapy to notice patterns that link thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. That helps when stress or relationship issues feel tangled and repetitive. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another common tool she uses to help people clarify values and take small steps toward them even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based work focuses on understanding how early connections shape current emotional responses and relationship expectations, which can be useful for intimacy, grief, or trust issues.Finding the right approach is part of the process and Hope treats it as a collaboration. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit those aims, and adjust the plan as needed. The work aims to be flexible so people can test what helps without committing to a rigid program.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this approach. Video calls allow face-to-face dialogue for relationship or attachment work. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief coaching moments or to continue progress between sessions. These options make it simpler to get consistent support while juggling work, caregiving, or health concerns.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, grief, addictions, ADHD, and parenting or career challenges.
What is her general therapeutic approach?
Hope blends Systemic thinking with ACT, attachment-informed listening, client-centered care, and cognitive behavioral tools to tailor sessions to what feels most helpful.
How much experience does she have?
She has 22 years of clinical experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is based in Connecticut and holds the credentials MA LICSW and CT LCSW as listed.
Can people who live outside the United States work with her?
International clients are accepted and sessions are conducted in English.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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