- Client-centered approach
- Focus on relationships
- Skills and insight
About Lynnetta
Lynnetta Hawkins is an LMFT who uses a mix of practical, person-centered approaches. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders like bipolar. She also works with relationship and intimacy concerns, sexual diversity and kink questions, eating issues, addictions, and parenting or family stress.
Her style centers on listening first. She helps people name the problem, choose doable goals, and learn tools to manage symptoms and relationships. Sessions aim to be straightforward and skills-focused when needed, and warm and exploratory when people want to understand patterns and history.
Lynnetta brings about 12 years of clinical experience in community and inpatient settings in California. She has worked on psychiatric units assessing acute needs and has managed a crisis stabilization unit. That background informs her ability to help when emotions run high or situations feel unsafe.
She has provided private practice services both in person and online for several years. She combines client-centered work with evidence-informed techniques such as cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior skills, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to help people make practical changes.
People who choose her often want a therapist who balances real-world tools with attention to relationship and sexual concerns. She encourages gradual progress and frames therapy as a collaborative effort toward clearer thinking, better coping, and stronger connections.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathetic listening and working at the client’s pace to identify goals and strengths. Online sessions can replicate that by creating a steady, collaborative conversation focused on what matters most to the person.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. In online work CBT often uses worksheets, homework, and brief skill practice between sessions to make changes day to day.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationship effectiveness. It can be useful for intense mood swings, strong emotions, or difficulty managing conflict, and those skill sets translate well into talk-based online sessions and home practice.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and pace. She will check in about what’s helping and adjust methods over time.
Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and fewer travel demands, which can help fit sessions into busy days. Online work can also make it simpler to do homework, practice skills between meetings, and return to therapy after breaks. Confirm current session options before booking to be sure they meet your needs.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Lynnetta address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, intimacy and relationship struggles, eating concerns, parenting and family stress, trauma and related issues.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her work blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to teach skills and explore patterns.
What experience does she bring?
She has about 12 years of clinical experience, including assessment and crisis work on a psychiatric unit and management of a crisis stabilization unit.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
The biography notes she has provided both in-person and online private practice services; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.