Hope Schaffrick, LICSW, LCSW

Hope Schaffrick is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and life transitions. She offers direct, respectful care and aims to make hard conversations feel manageable. Hope brings a calm, interactive presence to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use between meetings.

With 22 years in practice, Hope has worked with people who have faced trauma and emotional abuse as well as those navigating ADHD, OCD, career shifts, addiction, grief, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes broad clinical work across settings and a history of supporting people through complex life changes.

Hope blends several therapeutic approaches to match each person’s needs. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral work to help change unhelpful thinking patterns, client-centered methods to center the person’s experience, and attachment-informed ideas to look at close relationships. Dialectical and acceptance-based strategies also appear when they fit the situation.

Sessions emphasize clear goals, steady skill building, and practical tools people can try between meetings. Hope avoids labels that feel stigmatizing and focuses on what will help someone move forward. She aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people can address what’s most pressing.

Hope holds an MA and practices as an LICSW and an LCSW. She sees people in Connecticut and works with clients from a wide range of backgrounds, including those connected to Service and civilian life concerns. To begin, prospective clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online work

Hope commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, and Client-Centered methods. ACT focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and choosing actions aligned with personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-informed work looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand how past bonds shape current interactions. Client-Centered therapy emphasizes the person’s experience, listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the individual.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and make adjustments over time based on what feels useful.

This profile does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people use quieter surroundings, lower-bandwidth options, or phone conversations when that suits them better. Licensed professionals can work with you to find a session rhythm that fits everyday life and your therapeutic goals.