Latosha Kessell , LPC

Latosha Kessell is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping women navigate stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma, grief, and depression. She uses clear, practical steps to help people identify what matters to them and make manageable changes. Her approach aims to reduce overwhelm and build daily skills that fit each person's life.

With 11 years of experience and licensure in Texas as an LPC, she brings steady support to people facing big life transitions. She listens for strengths and past coping that can be used in new ways. Sessions usually focus on what someone wants to change and small actions to get there.

Her work draws from several well-known approaches, including acceptance and commitment strategies, cognitive behavioral techniques, and trauma-focused methods. Those tools are applied in plain language so clients can practice between sessions. She also uses relationship-informed methods when the issue involves partners or communication patterns.

She often helps people deal with chronic pain, illness, and the emotional fallout of separation or loss. Other areas of attention include postpartum depression, multicultural concerns, veteran and armed forces issues, and feelings of emptiness, guilt, or shame. She supports people working on self-love, forgiveness, and finding purpose.

People who choose her can expect a collaborative style. She aims to create a space where someone can talk through painful events, test new coping steps, and adjust the plan as progress happens. The focus stays on realistic goals and steady, doable change.

How her approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small actions that align with what matters. It can help with anxiety, depression, and searching for purpose by shifting attention toward meaningful activity rather than getting stuck on hard thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice patterns of thought and behavior that increase distress and then test new, healthier ways of thinking and acting. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-informed method that supports processing distressing memories and reducing their emotional intensity; it is often used when past events continue to cause strong reactions.

Choosing the right method is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor the approach based on a person's goals, current struggles, and comfort. Together they will try strategies, review what helps, and adjust the plan to find the best fit.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues help the conversation, phone calls work well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is not needed, live chat and messaging allow quicker check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help people fit therapy into busy or changing days.