Lynnetta Hawkins, LMFT

Lynnetta Hawkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist who uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people facing stress, anxiety, mood struggles, and relationship concerns. She draws on a practical, down-to-earth style and focuses on skills that can be used between sessions. Lynnetta makes room for honest conversation about intimacy, identity, and difficult life changes.

With 12 years of clinical experience, she has worked in both community and inpatient settings. That work included assessing people in crisis and contributing to treatment teams on a psychiatric unit. Over time she moved into managing that unit while continuing to offer outpatient care.

Her private practice work has included support for people dealing with depression, bipolar symptoms, eating concerns, addiction, and trauma. She also helps people address intimacy and sexual concerns, including non-traditional relationships and kink, and navigates issues around attachment and communication.

Lynnetta combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered conversation, mindfulness practices, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and motivational interviewing. Sessions often include clear skill practice, goal setting, and check-ins to track progress. She encourages small, manageable steps that build toward lasting change.

She works from California and conducts sessions in English. Therapy is offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Lynnetta aims to help people regain hope and develop practical tools for daily life.

How CBT, Client-Centered Work, and DBT Skills Translate Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting connection so people feel heard and understood. It helps when someone wants a supportive space to talk through relationship and identity concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and managing mood swings by breaking problems into smaller, workable steps.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy brings skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication. Those tools can be useful when intense feelings or relationship conflict get in the way of daily life.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful.

Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone is lighter when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can work for brief check-ins and ongoing accountability. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between appointments.