- CBT techniques
- Mindfulness practice
- Solution focused work
About Hope
Hope Spencer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 22 years of experience in Mississippi. She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, and other life changes commonly seen in early adulthood. Hope focuses on practical support that helps people manage everyday pressures and move forward.
She begins by building rapport and listening closely to what matters most to each person. From there she draws on several approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and mindfulness techniques. Sessions aim to identify concrete steps and skills that fit the client’s situation.
Hope uses plain language in sessions and favors straightforward tools over jargon. She helps people challenge unhelpful thoughts, set achievable goals, and practice small changes that add up. She also incorporates mindfulness to reduce reactivity and improve focus when that seems useful.
Her experience includes a wide range of concerns beyond the core list, such as adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, family of origin matters, attachment concerns, and problems around intimacy and commitment. She also works with mood-related conditions and co-morbidity where those appear.
Hope describes herself as a strong listener with a lively sense of humor and a long personal commitment to this work. To get started she asks clients to complete an intake questionnaire and schedule an initial session so she can learn goals and recommend a practical plan.
How Hope’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and following the client’s lead. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want from counseling. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Mindfulness Therapy brings attention to the present moment and builds skills to notice thoughts and sensations without reacting. It can help with emotional regulation and reducing rumination.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Hope will work with clients to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. She checks in as progress unfolds and adjusts techniques based on how someone responds and what feels useful in day-to-day life.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since formats are not specified on the profile. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow people to keep therapy consistent during moves or school and work changes. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, goal-setting, and mindfulness practices to a virtual setting so work continues between appointments.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Mississippi
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Hope works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and self-esteem concerns, career stress, bipolar and coping with life changes.
How would she approach someone feeling lost after college?
She starts by listening and building rapport, then uses practical methods such as CBT and solution-focused techniques to set small goals and clarify next steps.
What is her background and experience?
She has 22 years of counseling experience and a long personal commitment to the field, working with a broad range of life and mood-related issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices in Mississippi.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking by checking the online therapy options; the profile does not list specific formats.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time according to the platform's terms.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to start the process.
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