About Lawana
Dr. Lawana Mabry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with doctoral training in behavioral health. She brings 14 years of experience providing mental health care across Louisiana.
Her work often focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and parenting concerns. She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage strong feelings and improve daily functioning. Sessions are geared toward goals the person sets, whether that means reducing anxiety, coping with loss, or finding better ways to handle anger and self-esteem struggles.
Background and approach
She aims for straightforward, usable strategies rather than academic talk. Her background includes roles in child protection, medical social work, school settings, and inpatient psychiatric care. She has also worked as a clinical director for an outpatient behavioral health agency with multiple offices in Louisiana.
That mix gives her experience with short-term crisis work and longer-term therapeutic planning. Dr. Mabry has provided trauma-focused care for children exposed to serious events, including sexual abuse and domestic violence.
She draws on that experience when people need support for trauma, attachment concerns, or complicated grief. She explains options clearly and helps people choose steps that fit their lives. People who contact her can expect a practical, down-to-earth approach.
She listens first, then offers tools to try between sessions. The focus is on small changes that add up to better daily functioning and clearer coping skills.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Dr. Mabry uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and coping strategies. One approach emphasizes teaching concrete coping skills for managing anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and activity planning to reduce overwhelm. These techniques help people stabilize intense emotions and build daily routines that feel more manageable.Another common focus is trauma-informed work that helps people process painful events in a paced way. This involves gradually addressing difficult memories while learning ways to reduce distress during and after those moments. That work aims to improve emotional regulation and reduce symptoms that interfere with day-to-day life.
Finding the right blend of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs, adjusting over time based on what helps most. You and the therapist plan sessions together and review progress as you go.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or limited local options. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or screen time is limited, and live chat or text messaging can be useful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and practice new skills in daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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