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There are no more reasons to skip self-care.
Teletherapy/Videotherapy enables you to get the care you need
in the midst of a busy life.

Teletherapy/Videotherapy services are not appropriate for anyone feeling acutely suicidal or in an emergency situation.

Individual Therapy for Adults

start living authentically

create a satisfying life

Ruben Hopwood, MDiv, PhD, LP (Hopwood Counseling & Consulting, LLC) and Melanie Cohn-Hopwood, LICSW, LCSW-C, (LifeCycles Therapy) are independent mental health professionals licensed in Massachusetts (PSY10733 & LICSW113364), Minnesota (LP6971), and Maryland (LCSWC30345).

We share a common passion to help people achieve greater satisfaction and create well-being in their lives.

Haven’t you waited long enough? Stop searching and start moving toward feeling better.

Let us help you reach your goals. We provide support and guidance to individual adults in regular counseling (therapy) sessions so you can maintain balance and create meaning in life.

Many clients report their relationships improve and they feel more self-confident and able to manage the ups and downs of everyday life with the support of individual therapy. Talking with a therapist can help you understand yourself better while learning how to more effectively manage life’s situations. In interactive, personable sessions, we each use individualized approaches to help people improve communication skills, deepen self-awareness, and develop self-compassion and confidence to create satisfying lives and relationships.

We have over 70 years combined experience in LGBTQ+ communities. Read about our therapy approaches and specialties here.

Ruben works in his practice as a licensed psychologist with a background in vocational rehabilitation, religious leadership, theology and spiritual direction. In addition to his professional license as a psychologist, he is credentialed as a Health Services Psychologist through the National Register and is a Certified Member and Certified Mental Health Mentor with the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Global Education Initiative (GEI). Ruben primarily works with people learning to understand, accept, and articulate their feelings and needs, embrace healthy vulnerability, and create intimacy and a sense of calm in their lives. Ruben’s 40+ years as part of the LGBTQ+ community and over 50 years in religious and spiritual communities deeply inform his work. He has a focused specialty in gender diversity with over 18 years’ clinical experience with trans, nonbinary, and gender diverse communities supporting people to explore and embody their authentic selves. He especially enjoys working with medical, mental health, and religious professionals in therapy. Ruben has additional specialized training to support people exploring and integrating current practices and past experiences of spirituality, beliefs, faith traditions, and value systems into their mental health treatment to improve their quality of life. Ruben takes a non-shaming, self-acceptance approach to treatment with people. He says, “I enjoy working with people who are strongly motivated to explore themselves and change whatever blocks their pathways to creating the lives they love.” Watch a 90-second video of Ruben talking about the work he does.

Melanie works in her practice as a licensed independent clinical social worker with specialties in LGBTQ+ and HIV concerns. Melanie has identified as part of the LGBTQ+ community for over 30 years. She has spent over 20 years clinically working with LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS-affected communities. Melanie helps people struggling with depression and anxiety, and those exploring their identity as individuals, partners, and parents, learn to accept themselves and manage stress so they can create balance and wholeness in their lives. She says, “I like to see people find their voices and experience happiness and freedom in their lives.”

Learn more about Ruben and Melanie and schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation now