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Lynnetta Hawkins, LMFT

  • Experience12 years
  • LocationCalifornia
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Intimacy-related issues, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Lynnetta

Lynnetta Hawkins is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who integrates Internal Family Systems with other evidence-informed methods to help clients navigate emotional and relational challenges.

Background and approach

With 12 years of clinical experience, she brings a practical, collaborative style to work on stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, intimacy and relationship concerns, and trauma. Her background includes both crisis stabilization in a psychiatric inpatient setting and ongoing outpatient care, which informs a balanced approach to acute and chronic issues.

She draws on Client-Centered techniques to create a respectful, empathic therapeutic environment, and uses CBT and DBT skills alongside mindfulness practices to build coping strategies and improve emotional regulation. Lynnetta has helped many people with sex-positive concerns, non-traditional relationships, kink-related issues, eating and body image struggles, and complex personality and attachment presentations.

Based in California, she offers sessions through multiple online formats and aims to help clients develop tools and perspectives that support lasting change.

How therapeutic approaches meet online care

Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a way to explore internal parts and their roles, helping clients understand competing feelings and motivations and often improving self-compassion and inner harmony. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and a collaborative therapeutic relationship that supports clients as they identify their own goals and make meaningful changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and modifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be especially useful for managing anxiety, depression, and stress.

Choosing the best approach is part of the therapeutic work. Lynnetta collaborates with clients to tailor methods to their needs, combining elements from different modalities as appropriate and adjusting the plan as goals evolve. This shared decision-making helps ensure the process fits the client’s values and preferences.

Online sessions are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity of care when travel or logistics are a challenge, and continue progress between in-person opportunities. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver therapy that focuses on skill-building, insight, and relational changes.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems can Lynnetta help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, eating and body image problems, and many related areas listed in her specialty profile.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach combines Internal Family Systems with client-centered empathy and skills-based therapies such as CBT and DBT, often incorporating mindfulness to enhance emotional regulation and self-understanding.
What is her professional background?
She has 12 years of clinical experience including work on a psychiatric inpatient unit where she assessed and stabilized people in crisis, and several years providing independent practice services both in person and online.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a California licensed marriage and family therapist, listed as LMFT with credential CA LMFT 93110, and she practices from California.
Does she offer services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she provide?
She offers a variety of online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemBipolar disorderDepression

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

California

Languages

English