Latisha Sterling
Family-focused counselor for parents and children
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed in
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Latisha
Latisha Sterling helps parents and families navigate everyday stress and bigger turning points. She meets people where they are and focuses on clear, practical steps. Her tone in sessions is warm and interactive, and she aims to make therapy feel approachable and useful.
Latisha holds a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and has five years of clinical experience. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor - LMHC and a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC.
Background and approach
Her licenses include NY LMHC 012332 and NJ LPC 37PC00869700 and she practices from New Jersey. In sessions she uses straightforward tools to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice patterns and try small changes.
Motivational Interviewing supports decisions and builds momentum toward goals. Trauma-Focused Therapy guides work on painful memories in a paced way. She commonly sees concerns that affect family life, such as parenting stress, blended family issues, adoption and foster care questions, communication problems, and trauma.
Other areas she addresses include anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood and personality difficulties, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. People can expect a respectful, sensitive approach that focuses on practical skills and clearer communication at home. Latisha also offers coaching-style support for career and life transitions.
Her goal is to help families and parents find steadier routines, clearer boundaries, and more manageable days.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Latisha uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test small changes in behavior. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and many everyday struggles like stress and low mood.She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support people who feel stuck or uncertain about change. This approach helps clarify goals and build the confidence to try new steps toward better routines or relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Latisha will collaborate with each person or family to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. She adapts techniques based on what the client prefers and what is working in real life.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families and parents. Video calls allow face-to-face connection without travel. Phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging give shorter, easier check-ins when schedules or childcare are tight. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into a family's week.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Motivational Interviewing
A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Work that takes difficult past experience into account and moves at a pace you set, with attention to feeling steady before anything else. Being in your own space can make that easier for some people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey
- Languages
- English
Next step
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