About Keisha
Keisha Hawthorne-Jones is a licensed social worker in Maryland who brings 19 years of experience to sessions. She focuses on anxiety and stress along with trauma, grief, and everyday struggles like self-esteem and motivation. Keisha speaks in plain terms and centers the conversation on each person's story and strengths.
She uses a client-centered approach that invites people to set the pace and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools help break down unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes that add up.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices are used to build calm and increase awareness of the moment. Keisha also uses solution-focused and motivational techniques to support quick, practical steps when people want change. Those methods help when someone is stuck deciding on next steps for work, relationships, or parenting.
The focus is on what works now and what can be adjusted moving forward. Sessions tend to be straightforward. Keisha listens, reflects, and helps craft clear goals.
She offers ways to manage panic, regulate big emotions, and cope with loss or life transitions. Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. Clients are treated as partners in the work.
Keisha aims to help people build tools they can use between sessions and in daily life.
Practical approaches for online therapy and anxious minds
Keisha blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness so online sessions stay focused and useful. Client-centered therapy means sessions are guided by each person's priorities; the therapist listens closely and helps shape goals that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks down patterns of thought and behavior and suggests small experiments to try between sessions to reduce anxiety. Mindfulness practices teach simple attention and breathing skills that can lessen overwhelm in the moment.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Keisha will discuss what feels most helpful based on your goals, comfort level, and what you want to change. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or busy days. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when a quick check-in is needed, while text or live chat can suit short updates or emotional support between meetings. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is preferred.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia
- Languages
- English
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