- 25 years experience
- LICSW in Washington
- Self esteem focus
About Lawrence
Lawrence Goncalves Jr. is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 25 years of hands-on experience. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and self esteem challenges. He aims to leave people feeling, thinking, or performing better than when they first met him.
He began his work after earning a B.A. in Juvenile Counseling from the University of Washington. Early roles included community mental health work with youth, juvenile offenders, domestic violence shelters, and group homes. He later earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington and became an LICSW.
Over his career he has provided services across many settings and with a wide range of people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. He has experience with grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, and relationship issues such as communication problems and infidelity. He also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, co-dependency, and blended family stress.
In sessions he draws on several approaches to make therapy practical and usable. He uses client-centered listening alongside tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing methods for trauma-related concerns and draws on existential ideas when people are sorting values and meaning.
Lawrence emphasizes a safe therapeutic connection as the foundation of helpful work. He blends techniques so people can try strategies that fit their daily life. He invites a collaborative process to set goals and adjust the work as needs change.
He began his work after earning a B.A. in Juvenile Counseling from the University of Washington. Early roles included community mental health work with youth, juvenile offenders, domestic violence shelters, and group homes. He later earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington and became an LICSW.
Over his career he has provided services across many settings and with a wide range of people from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. He has experience with grief, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, and relationship issues such as communication problems and infidelity. He also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, co-dependency, and blended family stress.
In sessions he draws on several approaches to make therapy practical and usable. He uses client-centered listening alongside tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. He also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing methods for trauma-related concerns and draws on existential ideas when people are sorting values and meaning.
Lawrence emphasizes a safe therapeutic connection as the foundation of helpful work. He blends techniques so people can try strategies that fit their daily life. He invites a collaborative process to set goals and adjust the work as needs change.