About Lateka
Lateka Williams is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama who brings eight years of clinical experience to her practice. She creates a calm space where people can say what they feel and start to work toward change. Her style is direct and compassionate, with attention to each person’s day-to-day needs.
She uses practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical behavior therapy skills help people manage intense emotions and reduce impulsive reactions.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing supports those wrestling with change, especially around addiction or lifestyle shifts. Lateka treats the whole person and pays attention to life context. She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, trauma, and burnout.
She also helps with parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, self-esteem, career transitions, and coping with major life changes. Sessions focus on concrete steps and coping tools you can use between meetings. She blends skills training, thought restructuring, and goal-setting so people leave with a plan.
When relevant, she addresses aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and co-occurring health issues. Lateka offers services in English and brings multicultural awareness to her work. Her approach is collaborative: she listens first, then matches techniques to what each person wants to achieve.
For parents or individuals feeling stuck, she aims to help restore stability and self-direction.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so people can explore what matters most and choose their next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits that reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lateka will talk with each person about goals and daily challenges, then suggest methods that fit those needs. The plan is collaborative - she helps test techniques and adjust them until something useful emerges.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer check-ins. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a straightforward conversation. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, progress notes, or quick coping tips between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Alabama, Michigan, Georgia
- Languages
- English