About Phillip
Phillip Hawkins is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and LGBT-related concerns. He also supports people dealing with parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, and trauma. Phillip practices in Texas and speaks English.
Phillip uses a client-centered style. He begins by listening so the person can say what matters most. From there he shapes a plan that fits each person's needs rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all method.
How Phillip works
He draws on practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness when strong feelings get in the way of daily life. Phillip has helped people recover from controlling religious environments and address sexual compulsive behaviors.
He also works with concerns like body image, codependency, chronic illness, and issues related to adoption and abandonment. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps people can use between meetings. Phillip aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about difficult feelings and try new ways of coping.
He encourages collaboration so the work reflects each person's values and priorities.
Phillip lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Phillip works with
The areas below are the ones Phillip selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work online
Phillip combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy in ways that translate well to online sessions. Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the person's priorities, which helps shape each remote session. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and provides clear exercises people can use between meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships, which can be practiced and reviewed in short online check-ins.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Phillip will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then adapt methods that fit those needs. He checks in regularly to see what is helping and adjusts the plan together as progress unfolds.
Online formats offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can fit a busy schedule or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to have brief check-ins, quick skills practice, or follow-up between longer sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent while fitting it into everyday life.
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