Keisha Hawthorne-Jones, LICSW, LCSW-C

Keisha Hawthorne-Jones is a licensed social worker who draws on nearly two decades of experience to support people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and life changes. She brings a practical, respectful approach and trusts that each person knows their own story. Keisha emphasizes strengths and encourages small steps toward better coping and greater confidence.

She listens with curiosity and works to create a clear plan together. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client, whether that is improving relationships, managing mood shifts, or handling work and parenting pressures. Keisha uses techniques that help people make concrete changes rather than relying on vague promises.

Her background includes long experience helping people who have faced loss, abuse, abandonment, or family separation. She also supports those managing attention differences, bipolar mood patterns, and compassion fatigue from caregiving roles. Keisha pays attention to how past family dynamics and attachment experiences shape current behavior.

Therapeutic tools she draws on include client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. These approaches are used to build skills, shift unhelpful thinking, and set manageable goals.

Keisha holds LICSW and LCSW-C credentials and practices in Maryland. She works with adults to address relationship concerns, parenting stress, career decisions, and issues around self-worth. Her style is direct, compassionate, and focused on practical progress.

How her approaches translate to online work

Keisha combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness strategies to guide online sessions. Client-centered work means the therapist follows the client's priorities and builds on existing strengths to set the direction of each session. Cognitive behavioral strategies focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying practical behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Mindfulness techniques teach simple practices for grounding and managing stress in daily life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Keisha collaborates with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan so people can try approaches that feel useful and realistic for their situation.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during the day. It also lets people practice skills between sessions in the places where they live and work, making new strategies easier to apply.