About Hope
Hope Johnson uses person-centered listening and practical strategies to help people make changes that matter. She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, with 21 years of experience and a straightforward, respectful approach. Hope speaks English and works from Missouri.
She focuses on concerns such as depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout. She also helps people with relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem and confidence, career strain, and coping with life changes.
How Hope works
Additional areas include grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and challenges related to LGBT identity. Hope blends several methods to match each person's situation. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Mindfulness to help people notice what matters and take steps toward it.
Motivational Interviewing and Client-Centered Therapy shape her way of listening and guiding conversations. Sessions aim to be practical and goal-oriented. Hope works with clients to set clear, manageable steps and to build everyday skills for communication, stress management, and mood regulation.
She tailors the pace and focus to what each person needs. Hope describes the first step as the hardest and offers steady support through the process. She aims to create a space where people feel heard and can practice new ways of coping and relating.
Her experience includes a wide range of life and work stressors, and she uses that background to help clients move forward.
Hope lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Hope works with
The areas below are the ones Hope selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Hope often combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people move toward a life they value and change unhelpful thinking patterns. ACT helps people clarify personal values and take action even when feelings are difficult, which can be useful for grief, depression, and life transitions. CBT focuses on identifying and testing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, low mood, or relationship problems and teaching practical skills to change them.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy principles to keep conversations grounded in listening and empathy. That means the therapist and client work together to decide what matters most and which tools to try, rather than following a one-size-fits-all plan. Finding the best approach is part of the work and Hope will help tailor methods to each person's goals and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging suits shorter updates or between-session contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different day-to-day needs.
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