Keisha Hawthorne-Jones, LICSW, LCSW-C

Keisha Hawthorne-Jones is a licensed social worker who brings 19 years of experience to sessions. She centers conversations on each person's strengths and priorities. She aims to make the first step toward change feel achievable and supported.

Keisha uses a client-centered approach that keeps the person telling their story in charge of goals and pace. She combines practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help with worry, low mood, and stressful thinking patterns. Mindfulness techniques and solution-focused methods are used to build small, manageable changes that add up over time.

She has worked with people facing trauma, grief, and life transitions. Keisha also supports those dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related concerns, parenting stress, and career pressure. She helps people who are coping with ADHD, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue by breaking problems into clearer steps.

Additionally, she addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, adoption and foster care matters, blended family dynamics, and family of origin patterns. Body image, codependency, commitment and control issues are also within her focus areas. Her background includes work with people affected by natural or human-caused disasters.

Sessions are offered in English and are grounded in straightforward conversation and practical planning. Keisha encourages clients to set goals that matter to them and works alongside them to try new strategies and notice what changes. She practices in Maryland as LICSW and LCSW-C.

How Keisha's Approaches Translate to Online Work

Keisha often blends client-centered support with cognitive behavioral strategies to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Client-centered work focuses on listening and naming what matters most, while CBT provides concrete tools for worry, depression, and pattern change.

Mindfulness practices are also part of her toolkit, teaching simple attention and breathing techniques to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These approaches are useful for stress, grief, relationship strain, and many everyday challenges because they teach small skills that can be practiced between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Keisha works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts pace and techniques as progress is made, and checks in frequently about whether a strategy is helpful.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, shorten commutes, and allow for check-ins during a workday or between caregiving tasks. Licensed professionals can use a mix of talking, guided exercises, and brief homework that fit into everyday routines.