LaTresa Hart , LCSW

LaTresa Hart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 20 years of experience in the social services field. She works with school-aged children and adolescents, adults, and families facing challenges such as depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting concerns, career transitions, problems with organization, low self-esteem, and difficulties building healthy relationships. She also has experience supporting people who have endured physical or emotional abuse.

Her therapeutic manner is warm, engaging, and interactive, grounded in respect, sensitivity, and compassion. She draws from a strengths-based perspective while using a variety of therapeutic techniques to address each person’s needs. Her toolbox includes psychotherapy approaches such as cognitive behavioral strategies, trauma-focused methods, motivational interviewing, mindfulness techniques, solution-focused work, and multisystemic interventions. Sessions and treatment plans are tailored to each individual’s goals to create practical, achievable steps forward.

LaTresa values the courage it takes to begin change and offers steady support as people move toward greater well-being and fulfillment. She looks forward to partnering with clients as they pursue meaningful improvements in their lives.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with LaTresa Hart

LaTresa Hart integrates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness therapy alongside motivational interviewing to help people make practical, lasting changes. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and replacing them with more constructive thoughts and behaviors - it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple attention skills to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation, which can help with anxiety, grief, and relationship difficulties. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversational style that helps people clarify their goals and strengthen motivation for change, useful for addictions, ambivalence about life changes, and goal-directed work.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. LaTresa works collaboratively with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals, and then tailors techniques so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - so clients can access support that fits busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or mobility limitations. Licensed professionals can adapt these formats to provide consistent, solution-focused care and ongoing collaboration regardless of location.