About LaToya
LaToya Nkongolo is a therapist practicing in Maryland who draws on a decade of licensed clinical work to help people manage stress and anxiety. She combines practical guidance with steady support so clients can tackle day-to-day challenges. LaToya holds an MD and is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical, credentials she uses while helping people find clearer steps forward.
She focuses on common life pressures like low self-esteem, career struggles, and depression.
Background and approach
She also helps people navigate major life transitions and the fallout from substance use or co-occurring concerns. Conversations are direct and centered on real-world coping skills that people can try between sessions. LaToya believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work.
Sessions aim to identify those strengths and build on them, one step at a time. She emphasizes practical changes over abstract talk so clients can notice progress sooner. Her background includes long experience in counseling and ten years as a licensed therapist in Maryland.
That mix gives her a broad view of stress, motivation, and recovery challenges. She uses that perspective to help people set realistic goals and plan achievable actions. People who contact LaToya typically want clear tools for anxiety, support through life changes, or help rebuilding confidence.
Her approach is collaborative and goal-focused, with attention to both emotional needs and practical problem solving.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
LaToya uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and behavior change. One common approach helps people learn specific coping skills for anxiety and stress - it teaches breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations so worry feels more manageable. Another approach concentrates on building confidence and motivation by breaking goals into small tasks and tracking progress to reinforce success.Finding the right way to work is part of the process. LaToya will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps, adjust strategies over time, and make changes when something is not working well.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people hold more in-depth conversations and see nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging provide quick check-ins, ongoing coaching, or a way to work through short tasks between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on real progress and practical tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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