About Derek
Dr. Derek Hopson helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, and trauma. He also supports those facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem struggles, bipolar disorder, and major life transitions.
He brings 40 years of experience as a Florida psychologist. He holds the credential FL Psychologist PY7409 and practices in Florida. He has worked in inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, and independent practice.
That range gave him experience with many kinds of problems and many ages.
How Derek works
He uses straightforward methods that focus on thoughts, actions, values, and present-moment awareness. Sessions are practical and aimed at clear goals. Dr.
Hopson uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and move toward meaningful actions. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. He also draws on client-centered and mindfulness approaches to keep the work grounded in each person’s experience.
He pays attention to caregiving stress, blended family strain, aging and geriatric issues, first responder and veteran concerns, and substance use problems. He also addresses communication breakdowns, forgiveness, guilt, infidelity, and midlife questions. Those topics often appear alongside other health issues.
Sessions may be arranged by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging. International clients may be seen. Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Derek lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Derek works with
The areas below are the ones Derek selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | FL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How his methods work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, addiction, and major life transitions by shifting focus from avoiding thoughts to building meaningful action.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical ways to spot and test unhelpful thoughts and to try different behaviors. It often helps with anxiety, mood problems, stress, and managing anger by breaking patterns that keep problems going.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they will pick and adjust methods so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be convenient for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief ongoing contact between sessions. These formats give flexibility for different schedules and communication styles.
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