Hope+Wellness

Our Therapy Services

high quality, kind + compassionate care

Begin your journey of self-discovery and healing.

Life is hard and the struggle is real. It helps to know that you’re not alone in it. In fact, most people go through times of struggle at some point in their lives. What’s hard is that no one ever really prepares you for how hard it can get.

Reach out to us today to begin your journey toward greater mental health and wellness. We are experienced in helping people through difficult times, times of incredible loneliness, difficulty, stress, despair. Whatever you are facing, we’re here to help provide kind, compassionate care and support. Please check out the list below of concerns we commonly help people with, and see if you can relate to anything below.

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Depression

Depression can affect all aspects of your life, including behavior, sleep patterns, relationships, and academic performance. Working with a depression therapist on our team can help you reduce the pain and restore a sense of hope and meaning.

anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety is a natural part of life, but when it becomes overwhelming and uncontrollable, it's time to get help. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the most effective treatment for anxiety. As experts in CBT, our anxiety therapists will work with you to break free of symptoms and restore calm.

stress

Adjustment +
Life Transition

Change is a normal part of life, but sometimes we can be left feeling stuck, lost, or overwhelmed. We can help you navigate difficult transitions in your life to develop clarity, wisdom, and inner strength.

Stress + Burnout

Change is a normal part of life, but sometimes we can be left feeling stuck, lost, or overwhelmed. We can help you navigate difficult transitions in your life to develop clarity, wisdom, and inner strength.

Existential Concerns

Sometimes you can’t help but wonder what the meaning and purpose of your life is. You feel alone and adrift, totally disconnected. Find your way back to life again — to joy, meaning, and wholeness.

Trauma + PTSD

Painful memories and emotions resulting from trauma can feel overwhelming and leave you feeling depressed, anxious, numb, and disconnected. We can help you process and heal from trauma to begin to move forward and connect to life again toward greater health and wholeness.

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Grief & Loss

It’s hard to know how to live again after loss. We will help you grieve and to make sense of your loss — to integrate it in a way that helps you feel whole again, more deeply, richly, and fully.

Chronic Pain + Health Psychology

Dealing with serious or chronic illnesses such as chronic pain, POTS, fibromyalgia and gastrointestinal disorders can challenge you physically and emotionally. We can help you navigate the emotional and behavioral aspects of coping with a chronic illness or health condition.

ADHD

It’s not easy to live with ADHD and the lack of motivation, focus, and energy it causes. Our ADHD therapists and testing psychologists are here to support you and to learn new ways of living and thinking to help you live fully and free again to actualize toward your highest potential.

OCD

Feel supported in facing your fears and freeing yourself of intrusive thoughts, rituals, compulsions, to live the life you truly wish for and desire. We provide gold-standard treatments for OCD including Exposure and Response Prevention and CBT.

Kids +  Teens

Our team has therapists focused on teens, specializing in offering individual treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for children (8+) and teens. Therapy can offer a safe space for your child to explore their thoughts, feelings, and emotions during a critical time in their lives.

College Students

Life on your own can be tough to adjust to. Find a sense of belonging and home again. Discover parts of yourself you can lean and rely upon. Connect with us to work on growing into the person you’ve always dreamed of becoming.

Young Adults

We provide individual treatment and cognitive behavioral therapy for young adults facing a variety of emotional and life concerns, offering a compassionate, one-on-one environment where you truly feel supported and heard.

LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy

We provide a space where you will feel safe and supported to explore deep places within yourself — where you can express and be yourself authentically.

BIPOC + Women of Color

It’s hard to be different and to live within systems that feel as if they weren’t designed with your unique background, beliefs, and values in mind. Learn how to live authentically and to let go of who others expect you to be to embrace your identity.

Women’s Health

We provide a unique, specialized space to support and empower women in all aspects of life, including personal growth, overcoming mood, depression, anxiety, and navigating major life transitions.

Parents

Being a parent is tough. No one ever talks about how hard it is. If you have been feeling ashamed, depressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or isolated, know that you aren’t alone. It’s natural and we can help you break free to feel happy and confident again as a parent, helping you explore the life values you’d like to live out for yourself and your family.

Couples Therapy

There are times in life that are difficult for all couples to weather and manage. We can help you reconnect and rebuild a strong foundation, improve communication, manage conflict, or increase intimacy again.

Therapy Groups

A safe, supportive, and nonjudgmental space to connect deeply with yourself and others. Feel supported and gain wisdom and healing, from shared experience and perspectives. Learn skills in community with others toward positive, transformational change and growth.

Testing + Assessments

Gain insight to perform higher and healthier than ever before. Understand yourself at a deeper level and outline ways to critically build upon your strengths. Utilize our assessment expertise to help maximize your success across all areas of life.

Spiritually Integrated Therapy

Therapy which supports you in exploring the fullness of your potential through spiritual connection. A nonjudgmental, supportive space of self-discovery and where you can connect to who you are at the deepest levels to feel more alive, joyful, and present.

Lasting Transformation

At Hope+Wellness, you can expect support, guidance, respect, and understanding. Working from a humanistic framework in which each person we meet with is deeply seen, heard, and honored, we use an integrative approach for your personalized needs. Our clients are supported in growing and exploring new ways of thinking and feeling in a safe, empathic, and nonjudgmental environment. We are passionate about helping clients live their lives to their fullest potential.

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Availability is dependent on the nature of your concerns, your schedule, your state of residence, and whether these factors match with that of your therapist of interest. If there is a potential fit, we will reach out to you to get more information and coordinate further!

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