Latoya Simmons, LPC

Latoya Simmons is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. She uses practical, evidence-based approaches to help clients find tools that fit their lives. She focuses on clear goals and step-by-step problem solving. Sessions often include ways to change unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also teaches coping skills for anger, ADHD challenges, and workplace stress. Her background includes work as an in-home therapist and a school-based counselor. She has served as a youth advocate and a group therapist running batterer intervention groups. She has also provided emergency consultation for emergency rooms and worked as a Gate Keeper Trainer aimed at reducing suicide across the state. She has training in trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy and in a range of evidence-based practices including Rational Living therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Those approaches shape how she helps people recover from abuse, domestic violence, and other traumatic events. In sessions she helps clients problem-solve and build coping skills they can use between meetings. She also supports parents who need practical parenting strategies and people coping with family conflict. Latoya aims to make therapy a straightforward process. She encourages small steps and regular review of progress. She welcomes conversations about goals and ways to make change fit into everyday life.

Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life

Latoya commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice patterns of thinking and behavior that keep them stuck and then practice new ways of thinking and acting to feel better. This approach is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and ADHD-related challenges.

She also uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to support recovery after abuse or other traumatic events. That approach looks at how trauma affects daily thoughts and reactions and teaches coping and processing skills to reduce distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they set clear goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations, phone calls can fit into a busy day or when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat are useful for short check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, school, and family demands.