- strengths focused
- CBT informed
- relationship centered
About Lawrence
Lawrence Toutant-Acosta is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who offers a tailored, collaborative approach to therapy. He centers the therapeutic relationship and treats each person as the best expert on their life. Sessions aim to help people build on strengths and notice practical shifts in thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
He emphasizes the interpersonal value of the therapeutic relationship. The way a person and therapist interact can mirror everyday relationships and create chances for new insight. Lawrence uses a supportive, non-directive stance that focuses on witnessing progress and encouraging clients to try different strategies.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a foundation for his work and is used to help people see connections between thoughts, actions, and emotions. He adapts CBT techniques to address stress, anxiety, eating concerns, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes.
His style is flexible and draws on several evidence-based techniques depending on what a person needs. He incorporates elements from interpersonal work, dialectical behavioral strategies, attachment-informed ideas, and somatic approaches to help with emotional regulation and bodily responses to stress.
Lawrence has three years of clinical experience and practices in Hawaii as an LCSW. He offers a collaborative process that adjusts over time, with an eye toward practical steps people can use between sessions.
He emphasizes the interpersonal value of the therapeutic relationship. The way a person and therapist interact can mirror everyday relationships and create chances for new insight. Lawrence uses a supportive, non-directive stance that focuses on witnessing progress and encouraging clients to try different strategies.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is a foundation for his work and is used to help people see connections between thoughts, actions, and emotions. He adapts CBT techniques to address stress, anxiety, eating concerns, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and coping with life changes.
His style is flexible and draws on several evidence-based techniques depending on what a person needs. He incorporates elements from interpersonal work, dialectical behavioral strategies, attachment-informed ideas, and somatic approaches to help with emotional regulation and bodily responses to stress.
Lawrence has three years of clinical experience and practices in Hawaii as an LCSW. He offers a collaborative process that adjusts over time, with an eye toward practical steps people can use between sessions.