Laura Hawkins , LMSW

Laura Hawkins is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) based in Michigan who helps adults manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, trauma, and big life changes. She often sees people who look fine on the outside but feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck under the surface. Her style is down-to-earth and practical so conversations translate into daily life changes.

Her sessions are collaborative and structured. She combines evidence-based therapeutic techniques with creative problem solving to calm the nervous system and interrupt unhelpful patterns. Work in therapy focuses on building simple skills that can be used between sessions to reduce worry and improve relationships.

She has nine years of clinical experience helping people with anxiety, obsessive thoughts, burnout, and attachment or communication problems. Laura also supports people dealing with grief, infidelity, shame, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Her approach balances warmth with a clear plan for progress.

In sessions she helps clients identify triggers, test new ways of responding, and practice skills that fit real life. Conversations move from understanding what went wrong to practicing healthier choices. The goal is greater emotional steadiness and clearer direction.

Seeking support is a meaningful first step. Laura aims to provide a respectful, nonjudgmental space where clients can work toward steady change and greater confidence in their relationships and daily life.

How Laura Uses Evidence-Based Tools Online

Laura uses a few core evidence-based techniques to help clients find relief and build new habits. Cognitive approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing more balanced thoughts to reduce anxiety and worry. This helps with overthinking, panic, and obsessive concerns.

She also draws on skills-based approaches that teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and communication tools. These techniques are practical and short exercises are practiced between sessions to manage stress and handle relationship tensions. Attachment-focused work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current relationships and helps people develop healthier ways of connecting.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and it is done together. She will listen to goals and try approaches that match your needs, then adjust over time based on what helps. Therapy is collaborative - you and the therapist plan and test what works best.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat works well for quick check-ins or sharing between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family routines.