Lynnetta Hawkins, LMFT

Lynnetta Hawkins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with a Masters degree earned in 2012 from the University of Phoenix and roughly 12 years of clinical experience. She combines clinical training and hands-on practice to support individuals, couples, and families facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, eating disorders, and trauma-related issues. She also brings specialized experience addressing intimacy and sexual concerns - including non-traditional relationships, kink, and painful sex - alongside relationship and family challenges.

Since 2013 she has worked for her county assessing individuals for involuntary detention when they may be a danger to themselves or others or unable to meet basic needs due to mental illness. She moved into hospital-based care as a member of a psychiatric treatment team providing crisis stabilization and now manages that inpatient unit. Alongside that work, she has maintained a private practice offering in-person and online therapy for the past 3.5 years.

Hawkins is close to completing her ASSECT certification in sex therapy through The Buehler Institute, further informing her work with intimacy and sexual health concerns. She emphasizes practical tools and a collaborative therapeutic relationship aimed at increasing optimism and a more hopeful outlook. Her approach acknowledges that change takes time, and she frames progress as achievable through appropriate tools, therapeutic fit, and consistent effort.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-centered therapy focuses on the individual's goals and experience, offering a warm, nonjudgmental space where the therapist listens, reflects, and helps the client identify their own solutions - useful for self-esteem, relationship concerns, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors; it is practical and goal-oriented and can be effective for anxiety, depression, and coping with mood instability. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness - it is particularly helpful for intense emotions, relationship conflicts, and impulsive behaviors.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Lynnetta Hawkins works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and then tailors techniques from these approaches to fit the client - evolving the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage with licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, support continuity of care across locations within the same state, and allow people to pursue treatment in formats that feel most comfortable and accessible.