About LaTonya
LaTonya Thomas is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports concerns like parenting strain, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career or workplace stress. LaTonya brings a steady, straightforward approach and aims to be caring and nonjudgmental in sessions.
She spends time listening first to understand what matters most to each person.
How LaTonya works
Then she works side by side with them to set small, practical goals. Sessions are direct when needed and gentle when people are processing painful memories or loss. LaTonya uses several approaches depending on a person's needs.
She draws on client-centered work to follow the client's pace, cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused tools to identify immediate steps forward. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time and motivational interviewing to build readiness for change.
With 16 years of practice as an MS LCSW and AR LCSW, she has particular experience with aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, and post-traumatic stress alongside mood disorders. Clients often bring complex, overlapping concerns and LaTonya aims to help untangle them into manageable pieces.
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LaTonya lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What LaTonya works with
The areas below are the ones LaTonya selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Mississippi |
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Online support options
How her approaches fit into online therapy
LaTonya commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening and following the person's pace, which helps when someone needs to talk through painful events or figure out what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that worsen mood or anxiety.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, and then together they pick methods that suit the person's situation. That cooperative planning can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and avoid travel time so people can use breaks more effectively. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to remote work by focusing on concrete strategies, reflections on patterns, and setting small homework tasks between sessions.
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