Hope Spencer, LPC

Hope Spencer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who centers therapy on building a strong relationship first. She focuses on practical steps and clear conversation to address stress, anxiety, depression, and midlife transitions. Her style is warm and direct, with an easy sense of humor when it fits the moment.

With 22 years in the field, she draws on long experience and everyday wisdom. Sessions often start by listening closely to what matters most to the person sitting across from her. From there she and the client choose approaches that match the issue at hand, aiming for concrete changes in daily life.

Hope uses methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy alongside a client-centered stance. That means she helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns, test new behaviors, and set small goals that add up over time. Mindfulness techniques are used when slowing down and noticing the present moment will help.

She works with a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, career stress, eating and self-esteem issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, attachment and family of origin concerns, and caregiver stress.

Hope aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful. She listens with care, asks clear questions, and helps people try practical steps between meetings. The goal is steady progress, one manageable change at a time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Hope commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy in her practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person, helping them feel heard and understood. CBT looks at thoughts and behaviors to identify unhelpful patterns and test small changes that reduce distress. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes setting short-term goals and building on strengths to produce practical improvements.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs shift, and she helps adjust the plan along the way.

Session formats are not specified in the provided biography, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow quick check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use mindfulness practices and behavior experiments in the settings where they live and work, which can speed up practical change.