Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years of experience working as therapist and leader in the Army. I have a PhD in Social Work from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas @ Austin. My areas of research are moral injury and moral distress.
I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including grief/loss, relationship, family, and parenting challenges, adjustment challenges, and trauma with a special focus on combat related trauma, PTSD and moral injury . My counseling style is interactive and warm. I consider the client/therapist relationship to be the most important component in the therapeutic relationship. I will always be respectful, compassionate, and honest. Our sessions will be focused around your needs and goals.
I consider myself a strength based, solution focused therapist. I have been trained in other treatment modalities as well to include EMDR, CBT, ART, and CPT.
It takes internal strength to ask for help. I would love the opportunity to help you figure out what will make your life better and more fulfilling. I am here to support and empower you.
I look forward to working with you!
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Dr. Lataya Hawkins is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas with 22 years of experience providing therapeutic care and leadership, including work as a therapist and leader in the Army. She holds a PhD in Social Work from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin and her research has focused on moral injury and moral distress.
Her clinical practice addresses a wide range of concerns such as grief and loss, relationship and family conflicts, parenting challenges, adjustment difficulties, and trauma, with a particular emphasis on combat-related trauma, post-traumatic stress, and moral injury. Dr. Hawkins uses an interactive, warm counseling style and prioritizes the therapeutic relationship as the foundation of the work.
She approaches therapy from a strength-based, solution-focused perspective while drawing on a variety of clinical methods. Her training includes EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, Accelerated Resolution Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy, which she integrates as appropriate to meet each person’s goals.
Dr. Hawkins aims to be respectful, compassionate, and honest in sessions, centering care on a person’s individual needs and objectives. She stands ready to support and empower people who take the step to seek help and looks forward to working with those who want to make life more fulfilling.
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