About Shaneque
Shaneque Hawkins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia. She helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship concerns. Her style is warm and collaborative, focused on practical steps and listening closely to each person's goals.
Shaneque emphasizes hope and steady progress. Sessions are framed as a partnership where the person sets the goals and Shaneque offers tools and feedback. She draws on exercises and conversations that fit into everyday life.
Background and approach
The aim is to build skills that reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Her work often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to test new ways of behaving. Mindfulness exercises are introduced to help manage strong emotions and worry.
Solution-focused ideas help people find small, immediate changes that make a difference. Shaneque has four years of clinical experience working with individual clients facing trauma, adjustment after change, and persistent mood concerns. She also addresses issues like body image, commitment worries, loneliness, and challenges tied to veteran and armed forces experiences.
Therapy sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. She supports people navigating career stress, sleeping problems, postpartum mood issues, seasonal shifts, and multicultural concerns. The work is steady, practical, and aimed at helping people feel more capable in their day-to-day lives.
How Shaneque’s Approach Fits Online Therapy
Shaneque commonly uses client-centered work, cognitive behavioral methods, and mindfulness exercises. Client-centered work means listening first and adapting the session to what matters most to the person. This approach helps when someone needs empathy and clear space to talk about feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. It is useful for stress, panic, and mood shifts. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to calm the body and manage strong emotions.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will check in about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which tools to use and how to pace the work.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for longer sessions and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for brief updates, ongoing support between meetings, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people choose a format that fits their routine.
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What this counselor 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