- Stress and anxiety
- LGBT identity support
- Depression and grief
About Hope
Hope Striving is an Ohio LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) with 16 years of clinical experience helping adults facing major life changes and persistent worries. They work with people coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and concerns related to gender and sexual identity. Hope also lists life purpose among their focus areas for clients rethinking direction after work, relationship, or health shifts.
Hope uses person-centered, trauma-informed practice and draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Sessions focus on practical strategies that people can try between meetings. Conversations often include ways to manage panic, obsessive thoughts, mood symptoms, or the daily effects of chronic illness and pain.
They offer affirming care for LGBTQ+ individuals, including support around identity exploration and gender dysphoria. Hope also helps with communication problems, codependency, isolation, and the emotional impact of separation or divorce. Work with life purpose can include clarifying values and testing small steps toward change.
Expect clear, down-to-earth talk about what’s causing distress and what might help next. Hope frames goals collaboratively and adjusts pacing to each person’s tolerance for change. Homework and skill practice are common parts of the process.
Hope practices in Ohio and conducts sessions in English. They do not accept international clients. Before booking, confirm current session formats and logistical details through the service’s matching and scheduling flow.
How Hope uses evidence-based methods online
Hope draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and gradual change. One common approach is brief skills training for anxiety and panic, which teaches breathing, grounding, and behavioral experiments to reduce acute symptoms and build confidence. Another approach involves structured mood management techniques for depression, using activity scheduling and problem-solving to increase engagement and address low mood.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. Hope reviews goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up in daily life, then suggests techniques and adjusts them over time. Clients are invited to give feedback so methods can be changed if they do not fit.
Session formats are not listed in the original biography, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. These practical benefits help people try therapy while juggling work, caregiving, and health needs.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
16+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Hope work with?
Hope focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns. Additional areas include chronic pain, codependency, communication problems, and life purpose.
How would Hope approach feeling stuck about purpose?
Hope uses a person-centered, trauma-informed style and evidence-based techniques to help clarify values and test practical steps. Sessions emphasize collaborative goal-setting and doable experiments between meetings.
How much experience does this therapist have?
Hope has sixteen years of clinical experience working with adults facing transitions, mood symptoms, and identity questions.
What credential and region should I know about?
Hope holds an Ohio LPCC, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with Hope?
Hope is not accepting international clients. Sessions are provided only to clients within the permitted region.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Check the service details for exact pricing in your area.
What do I do to begin a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule the first session through the platform’s scheduling flow.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.