Keisha Hawthorne-Jones
Compassionate, practical support for personal growth
LICSW, MD, LCSW-C Maryland
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Keisha
Keisha Hawthorne-Jones brings a client-centered framework grounded in nearly two decades of practice as a licensed social worker in Maryland. She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with supportive, strength-focused work to address stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and concerns around self-esteem and motivation.
Background and approach
Her approach emphasizes collaboration and recognizes each person as the expert on their own life while offering therapeutic tools to reduce distress and build resilience.
Clients may seek her assistance for a wide range of concerns including relationship and family strains, intimacy-related and parenting challenges, anger and career stress, as well as mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and depression. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care matters, attachment and family-of-origin issues, codependency, body image, and caregiver stress.
With 19 years of experience and the credentials LICSW, MD, and LCSW-C, she aims to empower people to take practical steps toward clearer goals and healthier coping. Her style blends evidence-informed methods like CBT, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies to tailor care to each person’s needs.
Keisha supports clients through the process of change with empathy, encouragement, and an emphasis on building strengths and actionable skills.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Keisha uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, which is useful for addressing anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges. She also employs Client-Centered Therapy, offering an empathetic, nonjudgmental environment that prioritizes the client’s perspective and supports personal growth and self-directed change. These approaches are described in straightforward terms so clients can understand what to expect and how techniques apply to their concerns.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with each person to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, combining methods as needed rather than following a single rigid plan. That collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to individual needs and promotes skill-building that fits the client’s life.
Online therapy offers flexible options including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to schedule sessions around work and family commitments. These formats allow clients to access licensed professionals from their own location and to continue work on goals between live sessions through messaging and chat support.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia
Languages
English