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Latoya Love

Latoya Love

LPC

Therapist · Missouri · 11+ years of experience

Practical, trauma-informed counseling focused on change

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  • Strength-based approach
  • Solution-focused work
  • Trauma-focused care

About Latoya

Latoya Love is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and trauma. Latoya emphasizes practical steps people can take to feel steadier day to day.

She uses a strength-based, solution-focused style that aims to build on what already works for each person. Trauma-focused work is part of her practice, and she also draws on client-centered ideas to keep the conversation grounded in each person's experience. Conversations tend to focus on concrete changes and small goals that fit into busy lives.

Latoya has eleven years as a licensed counselor and over a decade of broader experience in mental health. That background informs her approach to issues like grief, compassion fatigue, and parenting strain. She also supports people navigating identity and multicultural concerns, immigration-related stress, and the impact of prejudice and discrimination.

Her work addresses related areas such as self-esteem, body image, chronic illness and pain, and questions of life purpose. She also offers coaching-style support for practical skills and planning. Clients who have faced sexual assault, adoption or foster care challenges, or young-adult transitions may find this approach relevant.

Latoya names family concerns, ADHD, and self-harm among areas she attends to when they come up in sessions. She aims to normalize conversations about mental health and to help people take manageable steps toward feeling better.

Areas of expertise

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsGriefParenting issuesAnger managementCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careBody imageChronic pain, illness, and disabilityForgivenessGuilt and shameImmigration issuesLife purposeMulticultural concernsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSelf-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

11+ years

Credentials

Missouri

Languages

English

How Latoya's Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's needs and perspective. The therapist listens closely and helps people make choices that fit their life. Solution-Focused Therapy looks for practical steps and small goals that lead to change, and it is useful for stress, anger, and daily struggles. Trauma-Focused Therapy pays attention to the effects of past trauma and works to reduce its hold on current feelings and behavior, often by breaking problems into manageable pieces.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as work progresses.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know the exact formats offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try approaches like solution-focused goal-setting or trauma-informed processing from wherever they are, helping therapy fit into everyday life rather than forcing major routine changes.

At a glance

Listed location
Missouri
Experience
11+ years
Credentials
LPC
Languages
English
License (Missouri)
LPC · No. 2014012327
NPI
1982157863

As listed by the therapist. You can check a license with the state board and an NPI with the national registry.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Latoya commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and related issues such as grief, self-esteem, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She blends a strength-based, client-centered style with solution-focused work and trauma-informed attention to practical steps and goals.

What kind of background does she bring to sessions?

She has eleven years as a licensed counselor and more than a decade in the mental health field, which shapes her practical approach to care.

What are her credentials and location?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Missouri.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the United States work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

Choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Before you start

  • Online talk therapy is not a court-ordered or mandated anger-management course, and it does not provide attendance certificates.
  • Check that the location and license details above fit where you live.
  • If anyone is at risk of being harmed, contact emergency services or a domestic-abuse helpline first. See the support lines for the US, UK and Australia.
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