- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- LGBT
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Phillip
Phillip Hawkins is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of psychotherapy experience in Texas. He helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting concerns. He also supports those facing LGBT issues, addiction-related behaviors, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy worries.
He practices in a client-centered way. That means sessions begin with the client's priorities and proceed at the client's pace. He listens first, then helps shape a plan that fits each person's life and goals.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be respectful, sensitive, and practical. Phillip draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior strategies to help with patterns of thought and emotion. He also uses existential ideas to address meaning and Imago relationship ideas for communication and connection concerns.
Techniques are adapted to the issue at hand rather than applied rigidly. He has particular experience with process addictions and with people recovering from high-control religious environments or church-related trauma. He offers support for body image, codependency, commitment issues, and coping with major life changes.
He can also help with caregiver stress and chronic illness concerns. Sessions are described plainly and focused on what will change in day-to-day life. Phillip aims to create a calm space to talk through hard topics and to plan small, realistic steps toward improvement.
He supports people as they take those first steps toward change.
What Phillip works with
Everything Phillip lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Phillip helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- 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)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Phillip lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered work focuses on your goals and pace, letting you lead the conversation while the therapist listens and reflects. This approach helps with stress, parenting concerns, and life transitions by shaping sessions around what matters most to you.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors influence emotions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and managing addictive behaviors with clear, actionable steps.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal effectiveness. Those tools can help with anger, relationship stress, and intense mood swings.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and situation. Plans are adjusted as work proceeds so techniques match real-world needs and progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when a shorter support contact is needed. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, parenting, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Phillip
What kinds of concerns does he help with?
He supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, LGBT issues, addictions, trauma and relationship or intimacy problems.
How does he approach therapy?
He uses a client-centered style that begins with your priorities and adapts methods to your needs, mixing practical tools with space to talk.
What is his professional background?
He is a licensed clinical social worker with 20 years of professional psychotherapy experience working with a range of concerns.
Where is he located and licensed?
He is licensed in Texas as an LCSW and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ways to connect.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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