LaTresa Hart, LCSW

LaTresa Hart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in social services. She offers straightforward, hands-on help for common problems like anxiety, depression, parenting strain, and relationship conflict. Her style is warm and interactive, with a focus on practical steps that people can use each week.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts affect feelings and actions. She also draws on mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused ideas to build on strengths and set clear short-term goals. Sessions are shaped to match each person’s pace and priorities.

Hart has worked with people facing trauma, abuse, and grief alongside challenges such as addiction, anger, and compassion fatigue. She also supports concerns around career, money, and life purpose. Her background includes experience with adoption and foster care issues, multicultural concerns, and discrimination-related stress.

In conversations she emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and collaboration. People can expect an engaged approach that blends listening with practical tools and simple homework between visits. The aim is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

LaTresa practices in Indiana and conducts sessions in English. She helps clients set realistic goals and adjust methods when something isn’t working. Her work centers on helping people move toward clearer thinking and more manageable day-to-day routines.

How CBT and Mindfulness Work Online

LaTresa commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT sessions typically include practice exercises and short assignments to try between meetings and can help with anxiety, depression, and stress.

She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve focus. Mindfulness can support coping with strong emotions, grief, and burnout. Motivational Interviewing is another tool she uses to help people find personal reasons to change and to build commitment to specific goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about goals and preferences and then choose or combine methods that fit the person’s needs. That choice is reviewed and adjusted as progress is made, so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video works well for teaching CBT skills and practicing exercises together, phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can support quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options aim to make therapy flexible and accessible while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.