Shaneque Hawkins

Shaneque Hawkins is an LPC who helps people navigate major life changes, stress, anxiety, and depression. She invites clients to explore what feels stuck and to build practical ways to cope. The tone in sessions is collaborative and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on small steps that add up over time.

Shaneque sees therapy as a partnership. She frames clients as the experts on their own lives and offers guidance, tools, and questions that help clarify choices. Sessions often focus on identifying patterns, practicing new skills, and trying out different approaches between meetings.

Her work includes supporting people after trauma, with grief, and during adjustment to new circumstances. She also addresses concerns like self-esteem, body image, relationship strain, and issues related to identity and multicultural stress. Shaneque pays attention to how stress shows up in sleep and daily routines, and she helps clients develop habits that reduce overwhelm.

Therapeutic methods draw from client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies. These approaches are used to break problems into manageable pieces, shift unhelpful thoughts, and practice calm, focused attention.

With four years of experience as a licensed professional counselor, Shaneque works with people who want clear, practical steps and a supportive conversation. She practices in Virginia and conducts sessions in English. To begin, she asks clients to reflect on goals and to try small changes between sessions.

How Shaneque blends approaches for online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most to the client. It helps people feel heard and decide their own next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Shaneque will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds, keeping the client involved in each choice.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, as the therapist's biography does not list specific online options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when a full session is not needed. It also lets people practice skills in real-life settings and bring those experiences back to sessions for discussion. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, mindful practices, and client-centered conversation to remote work, shaping sessions around each person's needs and schedule.