About Keisha
Keisha Hawthorne-Jones is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 19 years of experience to sessions. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and life changes. Keisha uses straightforward conversation to help people build confidence and find ways to move forward.
She begins by listening to each person's story and identifying strengths that can be used in everyday life. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, so people leave with simple steps to try between meetings.
Background and approach
The work often includes looking at patterns that keep someone stuck and testing small changes that can make daily routines easier. Keisha draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help reframe unhelpful thoughts and Mindfulness Therapy to teach skills for moments of overwhelm. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to make space for each person's priorities and Solution-Focused Therapy to set achievable goals.
These approaches are used together, not as labels, to match what the person needs in the moment. Her background includes many years helping people cope with trauma, relationship strain, parenting stress, caregiver burden, and career pressures. Keisha also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care matters, attachment questions, and body image concerns.
Keisha works with adults in Maryland and offers a warm, steady presence during difficult transitions. She aims to help people build practical habits, manage symptoms, and feel more competent in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Keisha uses Client-Centered Therapy to make space for each person's priorities, listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs understanding and a steady, nonjudgmental presence.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on noticing thought and behavior patterns and testing small changes. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, and daily routines that feel overwhelming. Mindfulness Therapy is used to teach breathing and attention skills that reduce moments of overwhelm and improve focus in everyday life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Keisha will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then tailor methods to fit the person's needs. That collaborative process helps clients try techniques that fit their life and adjust as they learn what works.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or camera use is a concern. Live chat and text-based messaging offer quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a workday, a break, or a busy household routine.
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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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