Dr. Arielle Hobbs
– Practice Owner
Licensed in:
- Florida
- New Hampshire
Dr. Arielle Hobbs is a licensed therapist, clinical sexologist, and practice owner at Saint Augustine Counseling. She is known for a direct, no-nonsense style that cuts through the noise and gets to the heart of what actually needs to change.
Specialties:
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller
Dr.Hobbs is not the kind of therapist who will simply sit and listen while you talk in circles. She is kind, respectful, and deeply accepting of each person’s reality, but she will also tell you clearly what she sees and what she thinks needs to shift. Clients who work with Dr. Hobbs often describe the experience as challenging, clarifying, and transformative.
Her Story (all you need is love)
Dr. Hobbs is a truth teller. She believes that Love is the only thing worth building a life around. As a therapist, mother, wife, sister, and writer, she brings that same conviction into every relationship she’s part of, professional and personal alike.
She is the mother of three children, including a child with special needs, and she carries that experience – the advocacy, the recalibrated expectations, the particular kind of love it demands – into how she shows up for her clients. She also lives with chronic illness, which has taught her firsthand that resilience isn’t a talking point; it’s a daily practice. She doesn’t ask her clients to do anything she hasn’t had to do herself.
Outside the therapy room, she is a voracious reader, a lover of snowy landscapes, and always dreaming about the next adventure. She has come to believe, through her own life as much as her clients’, that the most transformative moments rarely come from comfort. They come from someone willing to name what’s true.
Who She Works With (people in relationships)
Dr. Hobbs works with adults navigating marriage and relationship challenges, sex and sexuality, spiritual development, and chronic illness. Her doctorate in Clinical Sexology deepens her expertise in sexual health and intimacy, making her one of a small number of therapists equipped to address these concerns with both clinical rigor and candor.
She has recently extended her relational expertise to couples navigating separation with the same directness and care she brings to couples working to stay together. Divorce Mediation helps couples move through endings, not just beginnings, with clarity and dignity.
She is particularly well-suited for clients who prefer a therapist who will engage directly, offer honest feedback, and hold them accountable alongside supporting them.
She is licensed to practice in Florida and New Hampshire.
Her Approach (radically relational)
Dr. Hobbs draws on a wide range of therapeutic approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Murray Method, Attachment Theory, mindfulness, inner child work, and Terry Real’s Relational Life Therapy (RLT). She tailors her approach to the specific goals and strengths of each client, so that therapy is always a meaningful fit rather than a one-size-fits-all model.
Finding the Right Fit (always about relationship)
With so many therapists to choose from, what matters most is the relationship. Dr. Hobbs encourages anyone considering therapy to trust their instincts about fit. The relationship should feel honest, productive, and safe. Good therapy can be uncomfortable at times, and that is often a sign that real work is happening. When difficult emotions come up between or during sessions, she welcomes bringing those directly into the room so they can be worked through together.
Media & Press
Books
Sully The Raccoon
Sully the Raccoon is based on the real-life adventures of author Arielle Hobbs’ son Sullivan (Sully). Told from the perspective of Sully’s big brother, the first book in the series shares the family’s humorous tale of embracing Sully’s intellectual disability after he began wearing a raccoon costume.
Be Your Own Rainbow
This book was inspired by my daughter’s fear and fascination with thunderstorms and my dear friend Kailey who gave me the title “Be Your Own Rainbow.” This book is a rhythmic reminder for all ages to embrace their true selves and be exactly who God designed them to be.
Constructed as an affirmation for my own children, to embrace their unique features, flaws, fears, failures and fun.