Hope Schaffrick

Hope Schaffrick is a Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of experience who helps people manage anger, stress, anxiety, and life changes. She works with individuals facing depression, trauma, relationship and parenting struggles, addiction concerns, ADHD, and related issues. Hope offers a respectful, down-to-earth approach focused on practical steps people can use between sessions.

She blends tools from well-known therapies to match each person's needs. That includes techniques to reframe thoughts, manage strong emotions, and build more effective habits. Sessions tend to be collaborative and conversational, with concrete strategies and skills to practice outside therapy.

Hope emphasizes a warm, interactive style that treats people with sensitivity and without labels. She adapts the pace and focus so discussions stay relevant to daily life. Her goal is to help people feel more in control and better able to handle difficult moments.

Her background includes long clinical experience across multiple settings, with particular work supporting people who experienced trauma and emotional abuse. She lists both LICSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Connecticut. Hope also sees international clients and runs sessions in English.

If someone is deciding whether to reach out, she encourages a first step of matching on the site and scheduling a session. That process helps identify goals and see if her way of working feels like a good fit.

Approaches that guide online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small actions that move someone toward a fuller life despite hard emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear techniques for changing unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger management. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current reactions and helps people develop more helpful ways of relating to others and themselves.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, concerns, and day-to-day needs. That means trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than sticking to one fixed method.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save travel time, and allow quicker follow-ups when problems come up. It also makes it possible to keep momentum between appointments by using focused skill practice and short check-ins when needed.