Lynnetta Hawkins, LMFT

Lynnetta Hawkins is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns along with mood and anxiety issues. She highlights practical steps people can take to reduce anxiety, improve self-esteem, and address sexual difficulties or other intimacy-related problems.

She uses a mix of client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, and mindfulness practices. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. She helps people break problems into manageable steps and try new ways of coping between meetings.

Hawkins has about 12 years of clinical experience. She has worked in county settings assessing and stabilizing people in crisis and now manages an inpatient psychiatric unit. That experience shaped her comfort with complex diagnoses such as bipolar disorder and severe depression.

In private practice she has provided both in-person and online services for several years. She has assisted people and couples with sexual concerns including non-traditional relationships, kink, and painful sex, as well as eating issues, addictions, and attachment challenges.

Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She aims to help clients find tools that fit their life and values, and to build small, steady changes that add up over time. To begin, people typically complete a short intake questionnaire and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

Therapeutic approaches used in online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and building a safe, respectful relationship. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps set goals that matter to the person.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and behaviors into concrete parts. Clients learn practical skills to change thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments between sessions.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers tools for regulating emotions and handling conflict. It emphasizes skills for tolerating distress, improving relationships, and managing intense feelings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to a client's goals, and try methods that match those needs. This is a collaborative process and plans can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Confirm the available session formats before booking, as current options are listed during scheduling. Many people find online sessions helpful for shorter check-ins, continued skills practice, and stable weekly appointments when travel or schedules make in-person visits harder.