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Mindy Hopper

Mindy Hopper, LCSW

LCSW - anxiety and trauma focus

Tennessee

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Credentials
LCSW
License
LCSW, Tennessee / 8728
NPI
1891486957
Experience
15 years
Languages
English
Location
Tennessee
  • CBT techniques
  • Mindfulness skills
  • Solution-focused goals

About Mindy

Mindy Hopper is a Tennessee Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 15 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, and related concerns such as depression and grief. Mindy describes clients as the experts on their own stories and builds on their strengths in sessions.

She uses a straightforward, person-centered style that keeps conversation practical. Sessions often involve identifying specific problems, trying small experiments between meetings, and slowing down strong reactions with mindful attention. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques are used to notice thought patterns and shift unhelpful habits.

Mindy also draws on solution-focused methods to set short-term goals and find what works quickly. For people who have experienced trauma, she integrates trauma-focused approaches to help process difficult memories carefully. The work balances short-term problem solving with attention to underlying patterns that cause repeated stress.

People struggling with social anxiety and phobias, panic attacks, relationship stress, parenting strain, or work-related pressure will find a practical orientation in sessions. Mindy pays attention to communication problems and impulsivity, and she can help with money-related stress and questions about life purpose.

Her background emphasizes steady, experience-based practice rather than one-off fixes. She asks clear questions, offers concrete tools, and checks in on what’s changing. To begin, clients follow the platform process to match and schedule their first appointment.

How Mindy’s approaches work for online care

Mindy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change small behaviors that keep anxiety and panic happening. CBT is practical and focused on skills that can be practiced between sessions.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and breathing skills that reduce reactivity when anxiety rises. Mindfulness can make social situations and panic moments easier to manage by creating short, repeatable practices.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. Mindy collaborates with clients to choose approaches that match their goals and preferences, and she adjusts plans based on what helps in real life.

Confirm the current online session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy week by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins, or making it easier to schedule between work and family tasks. Discuss format preferences during the matching questionnaire and first appointment so sessions fit day-to-day life.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Relationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

15+ years

Listed in

Tennessee

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What issues does she help with?

Mindy works with stress, anxiety, trauma and related concerns including depression, grief, parenting strain, and social anxiety and phobia.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a person-centered approach with practical tools, combining CBT, mindfulness, and solution-focused steps to address specific problems.

How much experience does she have?

She has 15 years of professional experience as a clinician supporting people with anxiety, trauma, and life stressors.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

She is a Tennessee LCSW and practices from Tennessee.

Can I work with her if I live outside the US?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not taking international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start a first session?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.

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