About Latechia
Latechia Hester is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 24 years of experience. She draws on a long career that began in group homes and moved through substance abuse services, outpatient hospital clinics, and school counseling.
She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and mood conditions. She began counseling in 2001 working with at-risk young men and young adults on life skills, substance use, and LGBTQ issues.
How Latechia works
Later she worked in substance abuse programs with people facing DUI or court-mandated anger management and provided intervention services for those dealing with addiction and codependency. She returned to school for a master’s in Clinical Mental Health and gained experience in an outpatient hospital clinic with mood disorders, PTSD, and co-occurring conditions.
A second master’s in School Counseling added experience supporting students in an inner-city setting with body image, self-harm, ADHD, neighborhood trauma, and abuse histories. Over the years she has also worked with people facing abandonment and attachment concerns, blended family stress, caregiver burden, communication and commitment issues, and coping after disasters.
Her main therapeutic styles include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She blends these approaches to match each person’s needs and to build a practical plan for change. Latechia aims to help people move toward healthier routines and stronger coping.
She emphasizes respect and dignity in every session and focuses on practical steps that people can use between meetings.
Latechia lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Latechia works with
The areas below are the ones Latechia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Registers | LCMHC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience, helping them feel heard while they set their own goals. It works well for people who need empathy and support while figuring out next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping skills training. Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to change by exploring ambivalence and building motivation, which can be useful for addiction and behavior change work.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and past experiences to identify which methods to try first. That plan is revisited as progress is made so sessions stay relevant and practical for each person.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a more interactive session is needed. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to send notes, do brief check-ins, or keep momentum between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit counseling into a busy life while still using evidence-based approaches.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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