About Daronda
Daronda Parker-Lathan offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship strain. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 26 years of experience. She focuses on meeting people where they are and helping them take steps toward steadier days.
Her approach centers on respectful listening and a collaborative plan tailored to individual needs. Sessions focus on clear goals and manageable steps rather than jargon.
How Daronda works
She aims to help clients reduce overwhelm, build coping skills, and restore balance in relationships and daily life. Daronda has long experience with trauma and abuse and brings that perspective to work with grief, addiction, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses concerns around parenting, intimacy, self-esteem, and ADHD.
Her practice includes additional focus areas such as attachment and blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and body image. In sessions she adjusts the pace and techniques to each person’s situation. People can expect practical guidance, emotional support, and planning for real-world challenges.
She emphasizes sensitivity and respect while helping clients pursue clearer choices. Over the years Daronda has supported people through major life changes, coping with bipolar symptoms, and relationship communication problems. Her aim is to empower clients so they can make lasting changes that fit their values and daily lives.
What Daronda works with
The areas below are the ones Daronda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 26 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches work online
Daronda uses well-established, evidence-based techniques adapted for talk and remote sessions. One common approach focuses on skills training to manage anxiety and stress. That work teaches practical breathing, thought-restructuring, and activity planning to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily functioning. Another frequent focus is trauma-informed support that helps people process painful events at a pace they can handle and build coping strategies for triggers and flashbacks.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will listen to your goals, try different methods when needed, and adjust the plan based on what helps. Clients and the therapist set clear, realistic goals together and track progress over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone work can fit a shorter break or lower bandwidth. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, written reflection, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives.
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