Hope Striving, LPCC

Hope Striving is an Ohio-based Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) with 16 years of experience. Hope offers a calm, person-centered way of working that focuses on thoughts and everyday habits. They take time to listen and help people name what feels off and what they want to change.

Hope helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. They also support LGBT clients around identity exploration and healing, and help people with relationship communication, isolation, and life transitions such as divorce or midlife changes. Hope’s work includes attention to mood disorders, OCD patterns, chronic illness and pain, and control or impulsivity concerns.

The practice is grounded in culturally responsive care and a trauma-informed outlook. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Hope focuses on practical strategies to shift thinking and daily habits so small changes build over time.

Hope brings experience working with adults across the lifespan, including older adults facing aging or geriatric issues. They offer straightforward support for finding purpose, navigating forgiveness, and improving communication. The tone is respectful and affirming.

People who come to Hope can expect goal-focused conversations, steps to manage symptoms day-to-day, and attention to identity and lived experience. To begin, readers are asked to use the site’s Start Therapy flow to match and schedule based on availability.

Practical approaches for changing thoughts and habits

Hope draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on thoughts and everyday habits to create change. One common approach helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns and practice new, more balanced ways of thinking that reduce anxiety and low mood. Another approach emphasizes small, repeatable habits and behavioral experiments to break cycles of avoidance, improve routines, and build momentum toward goals.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences. This means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats Hope offers. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by removing commute time, allowing a shorter check-in during a work break, or letting someone join without needing to be on camera. Many people find remote sessions help maintain continuity of care while juggling daily responsibilities, and the therapist will discuss practical arrangements that suit each person.