Phillip Hawkins, LCSW

Phillip Hawkins is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Texas with 20 years of clinical experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and LGBTQIA-related issues. He also supports people dealing with addictions, codependency, relationship struggles, grief, trauma and abuse, and intimacy issues.

Phillip uses a client-centered approach that begins by listening to what the client needs. He gives people time to describe their concerns instead of imposing a rigid method. Conversations shape the focus of sessions so practical next steps can emerge.

He draws on several therapy methods when they fit the person’s goals, including cognitive behavioral techniques to spot thinking patterns, dialectical behavior skills for emotion regulation, and relational ideas from Imago work to discuss patterns in partnerships. These tools are used as needed, not as fixed prescriptions.

Phillip has worked with people recovering from highly controlled religious environments and helps with process addictions such as problematic sexual behaviors. He also supports those affected by abandonment or adoption issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image concerns, and dissociation.

Sessions aim to be straightforward and focused on concrete problems and choices. Phillip asks questions, reflects observations, and suggests exercises or skills to try between meetings. People who want to change how they respond in relationships or regain a clearer sense of themselves may find this practical approach helpful.

Approaches used in online sessions