- Grief and loss
- Family of origin issues
- DBT and mindfulness
About Hope
Hope Scoles is a Minnesota Psychologist (MN Psychologist LP0405) with 30 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing grief, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship concerns, and life changes. Her focus also includes family of origin issues, parenting, career worries, and challenges such as ADHD and compassion fatigue.
Hope’s style is direct and skills-focused. She treats clients as the experts of their own stories and helps them build practical skills for coping. Sessions commonly involve learning tools for managing strong emotions, reducing overwhelm, and improving day-to-day functioning.
She often addresses grief and the spiritual questions that can come with loss. Hope helps people identify strengths they already have and use them to move forward. This can mean working on intimacy-related problems, sleep and eating concerns, or patterns that come from one’s family of origin.
Hope uses approaches such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems. Those methods guide sessions toward skill development, present-moment awareness, and looking at internal parts that influence behavior.
Over a long career she has helped people cope with life transitions, addictions, bipolar-related struggles, and ongoing stress from caregiving or blended family situations. Her work is practical, with an emphasis on usable strategies clients can practice between sessions.
How her approaches fit with online work
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on skills for managing intense emotions, distress tolerance, and improving relationships. It is useful for people who need concrete strategies to reduce emotional reactivity and handle conflict more effectively.Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple attention practices. It can help with anxiety, stress, sleep problems, and staying grounded during life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Hope will discuss client goals and preferences and recommend methods that match those priorities. This is a collaborative process and can shift as needs change.
Confirm the current session formats before booking, since specific offerings are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so people can use breaks at work or parenting gaps for appointments. Ask about the session options when you schedule to learn what formats are available.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
Hope works with grief, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting stress, career concerns, addictions, ADHD, and related issues listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style?
She takes a skills-focused, strength-based approach that treats clients as the experts of their stories and emphasizes practical tools for daily life.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of professional work experience as a practicing psychologist.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Minnesota Psychologist (MN Psychologist LP0405) based in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what about cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
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