About LaTrena
LaTrena Marshall is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She also supports people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, depression, self-esteem concerns, career questions, and major life changes. Her approach is practical and warm, aimed at helping clients notice their thoughts and feelings and build useful coping skills.
Marshall centers sessions on what each person needs most. She listens with care and asks questions that clarify thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Together with the client she sets small goals and tries out strategies that can be used between sessions. She uses techniques drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work to break problems into manageable steps. Client-centered methods guide how she holds sessions so clients lead the pace and focus.
Motivational interviewing is used when someone needs help finding the reasons to change and staying motivated. With eight years of experience, she brings practical experience from school settings and independent practice. She has worked with adolescents and people across the lifespan and has supervised other counselors.
This background informs a flexible style that adapts to different needs. Sessions include straightforward skill-building, mood checks, and short-term plans for coping. The goal is to help clients leave each session with something concrete to try.
Marshall encourages steady progress through collaboration and clear steps.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead to understand what matters most. In practice this means sessions emphasize the client's priorities and the therapist reflects back what she hears to help clarify feelings and choices.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors in small steps. This approach is often used for anxiety and mood concerns because it breaks issues into concrete skills and homework the client can practice between sessions.
Solution-focused therapy zooms in on strengths and quick wins, aiming to set short-term goals and notice progress. Motivational interviewing can be added when someone needs help finding their own reasons to change and staying committed to those goals.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has (or hasn't) worked before. Together they try strategies and adjust the plan so it fits the client's life and needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging lets clients share thoughts between meetings. These options make scheduling easier and let people keep therapy going around work, school, or family time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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