Latoya Johnson
Compassionate, pragmatic care for life's hardest moments
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Arizona, Massachusetts
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Latoya
Latoya Johnson is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship concerns. She brings 23 years of experience to the work and aims to make therapy clear and approachable. She talks in plain language and focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s life.
Her style is down-to-earth and straightforward with gentle sensitivity. She listens first, then helps clients choose techniques that match their needs.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on small changes that add up to better coping and clearer communication. Latoya uses a mix of well-established methods such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and attachment-based ideas. She tailors these methods after an initial assessment and works collaboratively to set attainable goals.
Progress is tracked through concrete steps rather than abstract theory. Her background includes broad clinical experience across many presenting concerns, including mood disorders, trauma-related issues, and challenges around caregiving and interpersonal boundaries. As an LCSW she integrates skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered approaches when they serve the client’s goals.
Sessions are offered in English and Latoya accepts international clients. Her work emphasizes practical tools for coping with life changes, improving communication, and reducing recurring patterns that get in the way of recovery.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build healthier routines, often useful for stress, mood issues, and anger management.
Latoya treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan together as progress is made. The choice of techniques evolves based on what helps most in real life.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different schedules and comfort levels. Those formats make it easier to keep regular sessions, use tools between meetings, and get support when life gets busy. Licensed professionals can use these options to provide ongoing help that fits into everyday routines.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Arizona, Massachusetts, Washington, Texas
- Languages
- English
Next step
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