About Hope
Hope Spencer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who centers therapy on a strong working relationship. She focuses on building trust first, then choosing approaches that match each person's needs. Hope brings 22 years of professional experience and a long personal commitment to helping people through hard times.
Hope uses straightforward methods. Sessions often focus on practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to change unhelpful thinking. She also draws on client-centered work to make space for each person's perspective and solution-focused tools to set clear, small goals.
How Hope works
Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, and life transitions. She also supports people facing ADHD, bipolar concerns, eating issues, low self-esteem, and career stress. Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, attachment questions, blended family issues, and family of origin problems.
Hope aims for sessions that feel warm and direct. She listens carefully, asks practical questions, and helps people try new ways of coping between meetings. Her style is empathetic and energetic, and she uses plain language so clients can act on insights quickly.
Hope practices from Mississippi and conducts therapy in English. People connect with her by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session when they are ready.
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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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy
Hope commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and treating the person with respect so they can explore concerns at their own pace. This approach helps when someone needs acceptance and a calm space to sort through feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors together and uses step-by-step strategies to manage anxiety, depression, anger, and unhelpful patterns.Hope sees finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. Decisions about techniques are made together based on what feels most useful in sessions.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and text work well for brief check-ins, quick problem-solving, or when writing out thoughts feels most helpful. These options help people fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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