About LaTrena
LaTrena Marshall is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan with eight years of clinical experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. She focuses on practical steps parents and individuals can use to manage everyday pressures and improve self-esteem and career concerns. Her approach centers on clear goals and usable tools, not jargon.
Clients can expect a sincere, compassionate style that emphasizes understanding thoughts, feelings, and behavior.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be straightforward and collaborative, with an aim to build coping skills and clarify what matters most to each person. LaTrena uses short-term strategies alongside deeper conversation when needed. She draws from client-centered methods to keep the work grounded in each person’s experience.
Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Solution-focused and motivational interviewing tools help set achievable steps and keep momentum moving forward. LaTrena has worked in independent practice and in school settings.
Her background includes supporting teens and adolescents, and she has experience across a range of life stages and concerns. This practical history shapes how she tailors plans to fit daily life. As an LPC supervisor, she also supports other counselors in their professional development.
People who choose to work with her often want clear guidance, steady encouragement, and hands-on strategies they can try between sessions.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy places the person’s experience at the center. The therapist listens carefully and follows each person’s pace to build trust and discover what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs understanding and a space to sort thoughts and feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect feelings. In short, practical steps, it helps people spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors to see what changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood-related concerns. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person’s needs. Sessions are collaborative, so adjustments happen as progress is made. Online sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face when convenient. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a quick check-in during a break. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, flexible check-ins and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around family, school, or work obligations and help people stick with changes over time.Questions people ask
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What this counselor 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