Wild Hope Therapy, LLC

Wild Hope Therapy, LLC A therapy practice based in Columbus, OH focused perinatal mental health, interpersonal + complex trauma, and life transitions.

This Black History Month, we’re honoring Black women whose work expanded how the mental health field understands trauma,...
02/10/2026

This Black History Month, we’re honoring Black women whose work expanded how the mental health field understands trauma, history, and care.

Dr. Joy DeGruy gave language to something many had long carried without words. Through her work on Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, she illuminated how trauma can live across generations—shaped not by individual failure, but by historical and ongoing harm.

Her contributions remind us that healing is not about “moving on” or leaving the past behind. It’s about understanding what has been passed down, what has been survived, and what deserves compassion rather than judgment.

Dr. DeGruy’s work continues to challenge the field to hold context with care—to recognize that history doesn’t stay in history books, but lives in bodies, families, and communities.

Today, we honor her courage in naming what needed to be named—and the healing made possible by telling the truth.

February often centers romantic love, but long before adult relationships, we learned what love felt like through early ...
02/08/2026

February often centers romantic love, but long before adult relationships, we learned what love felt like through early connection. Attachment theory gives us language for how humans learn safety, trust, and closeness—not as abstract concepts, but as embodied experiences shaped by our earliest relationships.

Attachment theory, originally developed by John Bowlby and expanded by Mary Ainsworth, suggests that humans are biologically wired for connection. We are born needing caregivers not only for survival, but for emotional regulation. When those needs are met consistently and responsively, our nervous systems learn that relationships are safe. When they are met inconsistently, unpredictably, or not at all, our nervous systems adapt.

These adaptations are not flaws. They are survival strategies.
From a trauma‑informed perspective, attachment patterns aren’t “styles” you choose—they’re responses your body learned to keep you alive, connected, or protected.

Read more in our recent blog and catch this month's whole attachment series at wildhopetherapy. com

At Wild Hope Therapy, we work with people who are doing their best—and still finding things heavy.We support adults navi...
02/06/2026

At Wild Hope Therapy, we work with people who are doing their best—and still finding things heavy.

We support adults navigating anxiety and depression, the quiet weight of grief and loss, and the tenderness that can surface around body image and self-esteem. We hold space for trauma—both what is named and what lingers without words—and for the disorientation that often comes with life transitions.

We also work with folks exploring neurodivergence, including ADHD and ASD, and those living with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Our approach is thoughtful and affirming, grounded in curiosity rather than judgment.

Relationships are often part of the work, too—whether you’re feeling disconnected from others, from yourself, or from the life you imagined.

And for those navigating pregnancy, postpartum, or parenting, we offer care through our specialized perinatal team—providers who understand the complexity, vulnerability, and transformation that can come with this season.

You don’t need to know exactly what’s “wrong” to begin.
If something feels hard, tender, or out of alignment, that’s enough.

Care can start right where you are.

Email hello@wildhopetherapy.com to schedule your FREE 15-minute consultation or visit our website for more information.

This Black History Month, we’re honoring Black women whose work shaped how we understand care, identity, and harm.Dr. Ma...
02/04/2026

This Black History Month, we’re honoring Black women whose work shaped how we understand care, identity, and harm.

Dr. Mamie Phipps Clark was a psychologist whose research helped the world see something many already felt: that racism leaves a psychological imprint, especially on children. Her work revealed how deeply kids absorb the messages around them—and how systems, not individual shortcomings, shape self-worth.

What she offered the mental health field was not just data, but clarity. A reminder that distress does not arise in a vacuum. That healing requires honesty about the environments we ask people to survive within.

Her legacy continues to invite reflection:
What changes when we stop asking, “What’s wrong with you?”
And instead ask, “What happened around you?”

Today, we pause in gratitude for her work—and for the generations of care it continues to inform.

We are SO overjoyed for Felicity who passed her Independent licensing exam! Adding an "I" to her licensure means Felicit...
02/02/2026

We are SO overjoyed for Felicity who passed her Independent licensing exam!

Adding an "I" to her licensure means Felicity has dedicated countless (actually 3,000) hours to her practice, completed 150 hours of training supervision, and passed the ASWB Clinical Exam (which is a dooozey)!

"During the time I supervised Felicity, she showed up as a reflective and compassionate clinician who thoughtfully advocated for her clients," said Wild Hope supervisor Zara Geiger, LPAT, ATR, PCC-S. "She brings both competence and heart to her clinical work. I’m proud of her for reaching this important milestone!"

Congratulations, Felicity Lee, LISW!!

wild hope supports our friends and neighbors participating in today’s shut down; we’re here if you need us, today and al...
01/30/2026

wild hope supports our friends and neighbors participating in today’s shut down; we’re here if you need us, today and always.

01/28/2026

Busyness has a way of convincing us there’s no room to pause.

The days fill quickly. The list keeps growing. And making time for therapy can start to feel indulgent—or even selfish—when so many other needs are competing for your attention.

If you’ve been moving from one obligation to the next while feeling overwhelmed, guilty for wanting support, or uneasy at the thought of carving out an hour just for yourself, you’re not alone. Many women carry the belief that slowing down means letting someone else down.

Therapy isn’t something you squeeze in once everything else is handled. It’s a place to set things down before they become heavier. A space where you don’t have to be productive, composed, or strong for anyone else.

Making time for therapy doesn’t mean you’re falling behind. It means you’re choosing to care for yourself with intention. And tending to your inner world—especially when life feels full—is often the most steady, generous thing you can do.

Schedule your free 15-minute consult call by emailing hello@wildhopetherapy.com

We're priotizing safety as we all dig out! As our providers work across the state, we're hoping to offer guidance and tr...
01/27/2026

We're priotizing safety as we all dig out!

As our providers work across the state, we're hoping to offer guidance and transparency in our office closure plans.

Our clinicians will continue to work directly with clients to adjust as needed. If you have quesitons, please email your provider or hello@wildhopetherapy.com.

Stay safe and warm!

If you've been leaning into wintering and choosing restoration this January, this one is for you.If you've felt inundate...
01/26/2026

If you've been leaning into wintering and choosing restoration this January, this one is for you.

If you've felt inundated with messages about transformation, productivity, and change, here's even more permission to push back and choose rest.

Our latest blog explores why slowing down in January is not laziness, why listening to your body and the season matters, and how trauma‑aware therapeutic approaches support deep, embodied restoration—not surface‑level productivity.

While the month is almost over -- there's still time to focus on the intention and space you're giving yourself in 2026.

Read the blog on our website (link in bio).

Due to the winter snow storm, we're staying in and staying safe on Monday, January 26. All appointments have been moved ...
01/26/2026

Due to the winter snow storm, we're staying in and staying safe on Monday, January 26.

All appointments have been moved to telehealth for our Columbus and Cleveland teams. Please connect with your clinician or hello@wildhopetherapy.com for any questions or concerns.

The holidays can feel like the glittery conclusion of the whole year. For weeks, days are full of lights, plans, music, ...
01/24/2026

The holidays can feel like the glittery conclusion of the whole year. For weeks, days are full of lights, plans, music, traditions, meals, socializing, gifts, gatherings, and emotional intensity—both the buzzy good kind and the more complicated kind. Then boom—January arrives. The decorations are down, the calendar is wide open again, the sky is gray most of the time, and we’re back to our “regular” lives.

And suddenly, you feel very different. Maybe flat, maybe down, maybe irritable.
That slump, heaviness, flatness, irritability, or emotional fatigue has a name in popular conversation: the post‑holiday crash. But it’s more than a trend—it’s a real emotional shift with psychological and physiological roots. And for folks healing from trauma, complex PTSD, or long‑term stress, it can feel especially heavy.

Let’s explore what’s happening, why it’s so common (and often misunderstood), and how to care for yourself in the weeks and months after the holidays with real compassion—not judgment.

Read more on our blog (link in bio).

There are quiet myths many women carry about OCD.That it always looks loud.That it’s about being tidy, or “type A,” or h...
01/22/2026

There are quiet myths many women carry about OCD.
That it always looks loud.
That it’s about being tidy, or “type A,” or having things just so.

Often, it isn’t.

For many women, OCD lives inward.
In loops of worry that won’t loosen.
In thoughts that feel intrusive, unwanted, and deeply misaligned with who you know yourself to be.
In the exhausting work of trying to feel *certain* enough to finally rest.

Another myth: that you’d know for sure if this were “bad enough” to count.
That you wouldn’t be functioning, loving, working, showing up.
But many women do all of those things—
while carrying a constant hum of fear beneath the surface.

And maybe the most tender myth of all:
that these thoughts say something true about you.
Your values.
Your character.

They don’t.

OCD often attaches itself to what matters most.
It can sound convincing.
It can feel isolating.
And it can still be something you’re not meant to face alone.

There is nothing broken in you for having a mind that tries this hard to protect.
And there is a quieter way to relate to it—
one rooted in compassion, steadiness, and trust in who you already are.

Let's connect and support you in your journey forward.

Email hello@wildhopetherapy.com or complete our contact us form on our website to meet with a clinician with the training and experience to support you.

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2939 Kenny Road, Suite 200
Columbus, OH
43221

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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