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About HOPE

A Place Built Around Access, Growth and Belonging.

HOPE stands for Healthy Outcomes for Personal Enrichment. We are a non-profit group counseling practice founded in 2008.

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Our Mission

Why HOPE Exists

Founded in 2008, Hope Counseling Center was created with a simple but meaningful mission: to make quality mental health services more accessible and affordable while helping develop the next generation of skilled, compassionate clinicians.

That mission holds two commitments together. HOPE works to make counseling more accessible and affordable, and we help emerging clinicians develop through supported clinical training. Clients meet a team with different experiences and approaches, connected by supervision and a shared respect for each person's goals.

Our founder wanted to create a place where individuals could receive the support they need while emerging clinicians could learn, grow, and become the best professionals they can be.

HOPE Counseling Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit counseling center committed to providing affordable and accessible mental health services to our community. Our team of qualified therapists specializes in a variety of areas including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, grief, struggles with alcohol or drugs, life transitions and more. We believe everyone deserves access to high-quality mental health care, regardless of their financial situation.

Our name stands for Healthy Outcomes for Personal Enrichment. For us, personal enrichment is not a single picture of what life should look like. Counseling begins with listening to what matters to the individual, couple, child, teen, or family and building the work around that understanding.

Our therapists also offer education-focused trainings for individuals, couples and parents.

About Therapy

Why Therapy

Cultivating a connection with a therapist can offer a remarkable and therapeutic journey. Through therapy, you have the opportunity to embrace your true self, free from judgment or bias. It enables you to navigate the challenges you encounter and embark on a journey toward healing and tranquility.

Benefits of Therapy

One primary advantage of therapy lies in its ability to assist you in leading a life that you find fulfilling and meaningful. Therapy serves as a support system in helping you become the person you aspire to be or once were but may have lost along the way. It can contribute to the enrichment of your relationships with those you deeply care about or wish to connect with. We aim to assist you in:

  • Cultivating new perspectives and life skills to break free from habitual patterns of anxiety, depression, and self-criticism.
  • Addressing addictive behaviors, whether related to substance use, relationship issues, gambling, pornography, or eating disorders.
  • Rediscovering your sense of personal empowerment, fostering a capacity for responsibility, and propelling yourself forward instead of feeling stuck, helpless, or hopeless.
  • Developing strategies to relate to emotional or physical suffering, transforming inevitable challenges into sources of wisdom and compassion rather than sources of depression and anger.

Who We Welcome

There Is Room for Your Story.

Our ideal clients are individuals who are ready for support, open to growth, and willing to take steps toward positive change. We especially welcome those who may feel like they don't fit the traditional "cookie-cutter" mold. At Hope, we believe there is room for everyone.

Our therapists welcome children, teens, adults, couples, and families. Across the practice, our work includes relationships and attachment, anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, grief, transitions, parenting, adjustment to disability, and personal growth. We also welcome blended families, LGBTQ+ families, non-traditional family systems, military-connected families, first responders, BIPOC clients, older adults, and blind and low-vision clients.

Counseling is available in person at our Roseville office and by secure video for clients located in California during the session. Wendy offers counseling in English and Spanish. Our therapist profiles explain who each clinician works with and the approaches they bring, so clients can begin with information rather than assumptions.

Leadership

Wendy Barillas, LMFT

Wendy is HOPE Counseling Center's Executive Director and a clinical supervisor. She leads the practice's commitment to accessible care and thoughtful supervision.

As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Wendy works with individuals, couples, families, and children. Her experience includes trauma and attachment wounds, abuse, neglect, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, co-parenting and reunification services, first responders, and military service members. She also offers counseling in Spanish.

Training the Next Generation

Support for Emerging Clinicians

As a clinical supervisor, I am devoted to guiding emerging clinicians in developing their skills, confidence, and ethical decision-making. Through supportive mentorship and reflective practice, my goal is to ensure that supervisees provide high-quality, compassionate care while honing their therapeutic approach. My work is driven by a deep belief in the power of healing and the importance of creating safe, empowering spaces for clients and clinicians alike.

HOPE's team includes registered associates supervised by a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and therapist trainees supervised by Wendy Barillas, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #133716. Supervision supports reflection, ethical decision-making, skill development, and compassionate client care.

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Our Team

Meet the HOPE Team

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Understanding Our Team

Licensed, Associate or Trainee: What the Titles Mean

Our mission has two parts: making quality counseling affordable and accessible, and helping develop the next generation of skilled, compassionate clinicians. Every therapist on our team is either licensed or supervised by a licensed clinician.

Licensed Therapist

A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist has completed a master's degree and thousands of hours of supervised experience, passed the required California exams, and practices independently. Wendy Barillas, LMFT #133716, our Executive Director, also serves as a clinical supervisor.

Wendy Barillas

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