About Latoya
Latoya Johnson helps people cope with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, relationship strain, and major life changes. She works with concerns such as anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar mood patterns, and family problems. Latoya brings a calm, straightforward presence to sessions and aims to make therapy practical and relatable.
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, with 23 years of experience. Latoya adapts her approach to each person. She listens first, then chooses methods that fit the client’s goals and situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on skills people can use between meetings and on small steps toward clearer routines and better communication. Her work blends several established methods. She uses cognitive tools to shift unhelpful thinking, acceptance strategies to manage difficult feelings, and attachment ideas to improve close relationships.
Emotion regulation skills and practical behavior changes are part of the plan when they help. Latoya describes her style as down-to-earth and direct, with gentle sensitivity. She aims for conversations that feel honest and useful rather than overly clinical.
The goal is steady progress, not dramatic fixes. Clients can expect help untangling patterns like abandonment worries, codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and caregiver stress. She also addresses concerns related to domestic violence, disruptive mood issues, and forgiveness work.
Latoya practices in Massachusetts and conducts sessions in English, including with international clients.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people move toward values-based action even when emotions are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful habits and reactions. This approach suits worries, low mood, and many daily struggles. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and communication; it can help people repair trust and feel more supported in close relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the person’s story, discuss goals, and suggest methods that fit those goals. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is actually helpful and what the person prefers.
Online sessions offer flexibility for different routines and needs. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice communication skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, homework support, or shorter updates between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, travel, or caregiving schedules while still focusing on the same therapeutic work as in-person sessions.
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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