- Years in practice
- 21
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Lawanda
Dr. Lawanda Hall is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 21 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical support for parents and adults coping with life stressors.
Her approach is warm and straightforward and aims to help people gain skills they can use day to day. Clients can expect a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through current struggles. Dr.
Hall listens first, then helps set clear goals and simple steps to reach them.
Background and approach
She emphasizes building awareness and practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, anger, and stress. Her work often centers on parenting concerns, relationship strain, grief, and adjustments after major life changes. She also supports people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image or self-esteem issues.
Additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care questions, attachment concerns, and blended family dynamics. Dr. Hall uses familiar therapy methods to guide sessions, helping clients recognize thought patterns and try small behavioral changes.
She draws on client-centered ideas to keep conversations focused on each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy tools and solution-focused techniques are used to build coping skills and track progress. Based in Tennessee, Dr.
Hall offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. She encourages people to take a first step toward support and to choose a pace that feels manageable for their life and schedule.
What Lawanda works with
Everything Lawanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lawanda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lawanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Practical therapeutic approaches for online care
Dr. Hall commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead to build trust and clarity; it helps when someone needs a supportive space to sort feelings and priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and provides concrete exercises to shift unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try methods that fit the situation. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays useful and relevant to daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, or for people who do better writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, and caregiving routines.
Questions people ask about Lawanda
What concerns does Dr. Hall help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, career issues, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns.
What kind of therapy style does she use?
Her style is practical and person-focused. She listens without judgment, sets clear goals, and uses hands-on tools from cognitive behavioral and solution-focused approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 21 years of professional experience working with adults facing life stressors and caregiving challenges.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LPC credential and practices from Tennessee as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
Are sessions offered in other languages or for international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and the therapist accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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