Dr. Lawana Mabry
Compassionate, experienced social worker for family needs
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Mississippi
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Lawana
Dr. Lawana Mabry uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage stress, navigate parenting challenges, and cope with major life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW with 14 years of professional experience providing counseling in Louisiana.
Her approach is practical and straightforward, focused on clear steps people can use between sessions. Dr. Mabry completed a doctorate in behavioral health at Arizona State University and earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Louisiana State University.
Background and approach
She holds MS LCSW C10589 and LA LCSW 10286. Those credentials reflect formal training in social work and clinical practice. Her background spans child protection, grief work, medical social work, school social work, and inpatient psychiatric care.
She has provided individual, family, and group psychotherapy and has experience as a clinical director at an outpatient behavioral health agency with multiple locations in Louisiana. She has delivered trauma-focused therapy to children who have experienced or witnessed severe events, including sexual abuse and domestic violence. That work shaped her skills in supporting people through grief, trauma, and complex stress.
In sessions she aims to meet clients where they are and help them move toward the goals they set. Her style is collaborative and goal-oriented, with attention to practical tools for coping, communication, and self-care.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Dr. Lawana Mabry uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she uses is trauma-focused therapy, which helps people process difficult memories and reduce the ways those memories affect daily life. This approach is often used when someone has experienced abuse, witnessed violence, or faced other severe events.She also applies problem-solving and coping skills training to address stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. These methods teach clear strategies for managing emotions, improving communication, and handling everyday stressors. The emphasis is on skills people can practice between sessions to see steady progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques best match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That process can include trying different methods and adjusting as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to continue consistent care from different locations within Louisiana. Licensed professionals can use these formats to review goals, practice skills, and check progress without requiring travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- 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
Next step
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