About Hope
Hope Holman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia who focuses on anxiety and related concerns. She brings a calm, encouraging presence to sessions and aims to help people take practical steps when life feels overwhelming. Hope speaks plainly and listens closely so clients feel heard from the first contact.
She uses a blend of approaches to match the person in front of her. Expect straightforward tools from cognitive-behavioral work and a warm, client-centered stance that centers each person's strengths.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and acceptance strategies are woven in when they fit, and brief motivational techniques are used to support change. Hope has about 10 years of experience in mental health. That background includes work in outpatient settings, group and support formats, and in-home visits.
Her practice has addressed many concerns such as stress, depression, relationship strain, trauma and grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, sleep and eating issues, and coping with major life changes. Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday skills - small changes that add up. Conversations typically include practical behavior steps, ways to manage anxious thoughts, and exercises to build resilience and self-compassion.
Hope also offers coaching-style guidance when people need help planning next steps. People who prefer steady encouragement and specific strategies often find this approach helpful. The goal is to help clients feel more capable, reduce anxiety-driven avoidance, and regain a sense of control over daily life.
Hope guides each person at a pace that feels doable.
How Hope’s Approaches Work Online
Hope commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in ways that translate well to remote sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, which helps with anxiety, sleep, and mood changes. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy teaches people to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take values-driven actions when life feels difficult.She also uses client-centered techniques that create a supportive space for conversations. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client will look at goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try techniques and adjust as needed in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for teaching skills and modeling exercises. Phone sessions can fit into a quick break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and apply new skills in daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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