Latechia Hester, LCMHC, LCPC

Latechia Hester is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage addiction, stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and parenting concerns. She aims to create a calm, respectful space where clients can start making practical changes.

She began her work in 2001 as a group home counselor for at-risk young men and their families, helping with family reunification, life skills, job skills, and substance use challenges. She later worked in the substance abuse field with DUI offenders, court-ordered anger management clients, and as an interventionist for people facing addiction and codependency.

While completing a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health, she supported people in an outpatient hospital clinic who were coping with grief, mood disorders, anxiety, psychotic disorders, trauma, and co-occurring conditions. She then earned a second master’s in School Counseling and worked with students in inner-city schools on body image, self-harm, substance use, ADHD, and the effects of neighborhood trauma and abuse.

Her common approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy. She also uses client-centered and mindfulness ideas to tailor work to each person’s needs. Sessions are aimed at teaching skills, strengthening coping, and helping clients move toward practical goals.

Her practice emphasizes dignity and respect. She describes change as a metamorphosis and focuses on uplifting, empowering, and motivating people so they can build healthier, more stable lives.

Approaches that guide online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and clarifies the goals they want to work toward.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and unhelpful habits tied to addiction or mood problems.

Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change. It is useful when someone feels unsure about changing behaviors such as substance use or when motivation is low.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs to decide which methods to try. Treatment is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people meet from quieter spaces that suit them. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, motivational interviewing conversations, and client-centered check-ins effectively in remote sessions.