- Trauma informed
- Faith based options
- Guilt and shame work
About Hope
Hope Lumpkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Connecticut with four years of clinical experience. She lists trauma and abuse as a specialty and also notes work related to forgiveness, guilt and shame, and life purpose. She provides faith-based and traditional counseling options and works with people from diverse backgrounds, including members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Hope focuses on helping people who feel weighed down by past events or difficult life changes. She uses trauma-informed and client-centered approaches to talk through what happened and how it still affects day-to-day life. Conversations look at practical steps people can try between sessions as well as the beliefs that feed guilt or shame.
Her practice combines faith-sensitive conversations with customary clinical methods. That means clients who want to consider spiritual perspectives can bring those into sessions alongside working on thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Hope aims to help people reconnect with a sense of purpose without pushing any single outlook.
In sessions she typically listens for patterns that keep a person stuck and then tries different ways to shift those patterns. Work might include looking at unhelpful self-judgments, recognizing how past harm shows up now, and trying small behavioral changes. Hope describes this as collaborative - she and the client set goals and test what helps.
Practical matters are handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session using the online options button.
Approaches used and how online work fits
Hope describes her practice as trauma-informed and client-centered. A trauma-informed approach pays attention to how past harm affects current reactions and relationships. It helps people understand triggers, reduce reactivity, and plan safer ways to respond in daily life.Client-centered work prioritizes the person's goals and pace. That approach means the therapist listens for what matters most to the client and shapes sessions around those priorities, using practical exercises and reflective conversation to test what helps.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Hope will collaborate with each client to identify which methods feel useful and adjust the plan as needs and goals change. The work is described as a partnership where goals are set together and progress is reviewed regularly.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules require, and remove the need to travel. These practical benefits can help people maintain consistency while working through guilt, shame, trauma, and questions about life purpose.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
4+ years
Listed in
Connecticut
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she focus on?
She focuses on trauma and abuse, and also works with forgiveness, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose.
How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She uses trauma-informed and client-centered approaches to talk through the origins and effects of guilt or shame and to try practical steps that reduce their hold.
What experience does she have?
She has four years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker working with people from varied backgrounds.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a CT LCSW, practicing in Connecticut.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are accepted. Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does she offer?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and cost varies with location.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule the first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.