Shaneque Hawkins, LPC

Shaneque Hawkins is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - based in Virginia with four years of clinical experience. She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, stress, grief, and problems related to relationships and family. She also supports concerns like sleep difficulties, career stress, self-esteem, and LGBT related issues.

Shaneque uses plain conversation and practical tools in sessions. She treats sessions as a partnership where the client is the expert on their life and the counselor offers guidance and options. Expect direct discussion of symptoms, coping skills, and small steps you can try between meetings.

Her work draws on client-centered methods. That means she focuses on each person’s perspective and goals. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice unhelpful thinking and test new reactions. Mindfulness skills are offered to help with stress and grounding during strong emotions.

Shaneque includes solution-focused conversations and motivational interviewing when useful. Those approaches aim to identify immediate next steps and strengthen motivation for change. She may also use trauma-focused methods for people who are processing past harm.

Sessions emphasize short-term, tangible changes alongside longer-term emotional processing. She supports a broad range of related issues such as postpartum depression, panic attacks, grief, and feeling isolated or stuck. If you are managing life changes or trying to understand patterns like avoidance or dependence, Shaneque helps people clarify goals and try small experiments toward them.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions