LaToya Larke, LCSW
Compassionate, story-focused therapy for adults
Details
| Name | LaToya Larke |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | Pennsylvania |
| Licensed in | Pennsylvania, New Jersey |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 13 |
About LaToya
LaToya Larke is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She focuses on clear, practical steps clients can use right away. LaToya aims to make conversations feel calm and understandable so parents and busy adults can get to the heart of what matters.
LaToya uses Narrative Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people make sense of their stories.
Background and approach
She listens for the patterns that keep a person stuck and then supports small, manageable changes. Sessions often include straightforward skill building for things like communication, coping with workplace issues, and handling relationship strain. Her work covers concerns such as self-image, caregiver stress, money worries, and the emotional fallout of divorce and separation.
LaToya also helps with guilt, shame, forgiveness, and finding a clearer sense of life purpose. She offers tools for social anxiety, control issues, and improving how people show up in relationships. In sessions she blends talking, practical exercises, and mindfulness practices.
The pace and focus shift to match each person’s needs, whether they want short-term problem solving or a longer process of change. LaToya avoids jargon and breaks ideas into simple, usable steps. LaToya holds LCSW credentials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and works with adults by video, phone, chat, and messaging.
Her approach is collaborative and respectful, aiming to help people build resilience and greater self-compassion over time.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Career difficulties among the things LaToya works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by LaToya among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by LaToya among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by LaToya among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by LaToya among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by LaToya among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by LaToya among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask LaToya directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking LaToya directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and practical approaches work online
LaToya draws on Narrative Therapy to help people examine the stories they tell about themselves and their lives. This approach looks at how events are interpreted and opens up new ways of seeing problems so people can choose different paths forward. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person’s own goals and pace. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and supports each person in developing their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, adds focused tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, and workplace stress. Finding the best approach is a shared process. LaToya will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and what feels most comfortable. Together they try approaches that fit and adjust over time based on what helps most. Online work offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for richer conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a session needs to fit a shorter break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow quick check-ins, daily skill practice, and written reflections between longer sessions. These formats make it possible to keep therapy steady while juggling work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.Common questions about this listing
What kinds of issues does LaToya address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and career transitions. Additional focuses include body image, caregiver stress, money concerns, and social anxiety.
How would you describe her therapy style?
LaToya blends Narrative Therapy with client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. Sessions mix listening, gentle questioning, practical exercises, and mindfulness techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults across a range of life challenges. That background shapes a practical, steady approach to therapy.
What credentials and location are listed?
LaToya holds the Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential, LCSW, in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Her practice is based in Pennsylvania.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She works with people by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow flexible ways to check in or do longer sessions.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and is handled through a subscription plan. The subscription can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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