About Shaneque
Shaneque Hawkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She uses a collaborative style that treats the client as the expert on their own life. Sessions aim to help people feel heard and move toward practical change.
Shaneque frames therapy as a team effort. She focuses on understanding what matters most to each person. Then she works with them to set clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Her approach mixes talking, problem-solving, and learning new ways to cope. Her work often addresses life transitions, grief, sleep problems, and relationship concerns. She also supports people dealing with postpartum depression, panic attacks, and the effects of past abuse.
Multicultural issues and challenges faced by veterans are also part of her practice focus. In sessions she draws on several grounded methods, including client-centered conversations, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness practices. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used to build momentum and small wins.
These methods are applied in ways that fit each person's pace and needs. With four years of experience as an LPC, Shaneque brings a calm, steady presence to the work. She aims to help people build self-worth, cope with anxiety, and find practical steps forward.
Therapy is paced to the client's comfort and goals.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship. It helps people feel understood and supports work on self-esteem, grief, and anxiety through open conversation and reflection. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and manage panic symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Shaneque will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays useful and manageable for the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for shorter updates, quick coping strategies, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options offer flexibility for scheduling and fit different daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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