About Latechia
Latechia Hester is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She brings 24 years of clinical experience and focuses on anxiety, stress, addictions, depression, trauma, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Her work also covers parenting, LGBT issues, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
She began her career in 2001 working in group homes with at-risk and homeless young men. Early work emphasized family reunification, substance use support, life skills, and employment preparation.
Background and approach
That foundation led to roles in substance abuse treatment, DUI and court-ordered programs, and interventions for people facing addiction and codependency. Latechia later earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and worked in an outpatient hospital clinic with people dealing with depression, suicide risk, grief, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, and dual diagnoses.
She added a second master’s in School Counseling and supported students in an inner-city school setting with concerns such as body image, self-harm, ADHD, trauma, and various forms of abuse. Her main therapeutic approaches include cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused therapy. She blends these methods with client-centered and mindfulness ideas to match each person’s needs.
Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer thinking, and building coping skills that fit daily life. Latechia aims to help people move toward healthier, more stable lives. She emphasizes respect, dignity, and a collaborative relationship to set realistic goals and work steadily toward them.
How online approaches and tools support change
Latechia uses cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing as core ways to help people in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change and build commitment, which is useful for addictions and ambivalence about treatment.She also draws on client-centered and mindfulness ideas to make sure the work fits each person's needs. Finding the right mix is a collaborative process - the therapist and client decide together which techniques to try based on goals, preferences, and how someone responds in early sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which let people choose what works best for them. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be lower bandwidth and easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging suit brief check-ins, ongoing support, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options increase flexibility and help people keep therapy consistent with their daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Maine, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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