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LaTresa Hart

Compassionate, practical therapy for real-life challenges

LCSW Indiana

Experience
20 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy
Languages
English
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About LaTresa

LaTresa Hart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with two decades of experience in social services. She uses cognitive behavioral therapy as a practical foundation, combining it with mindfulness and motivational techniques to help clients clarify thinking patterns, manage emotions, and build actionable coping skills.

Background and approach

Hart draws on a strengths-based perspective to shape treatment plans that reflect each person's goals and circumstances. Hart has worked extensively with individuals, adolescents, and families facing depression, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem.

Her background also includes supporting people through grief, career transitions, addiction concerns, anger management, and compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include foster care and adoption matters, communication problems, divorce and domestic violence, family-of-origin issues, and multicultural concerns.

Clients can expect a warm, engaging, and interactive style that emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Hart tailors sessions to individual needs and uses practical therapeutic techniques alongside collaborative planning to help clients move toward clearer purpose, improved relationships, and better day-to-day functioning.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

LaTresa Hart integrates cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors, offering concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and stress management. She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach present-focused awareness and self-regulation techniques that can reduce rumination and improve emotional tolerance.

Choosing the right therapeutic approach is part of the work together. Hart approaches treatment collaboratively, listening to a client's goals and preferences and adapting methods over time so interventions fit the person rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy with Hart is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which provides flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These options make it easier to keep consistent appointments, engage in brief check-ins between sessions, or use written formats when that better supports a client's needs. The combination of evidence-informed methods and flexible session types aims to make meaningful progress more manageable within everyday life.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Hart works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, and career or financial concerns.
What is the therapeutic style and approach used?
Her approach is warm, engaging, and interactive, drawing from cognitive behavioral techniques alongside mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies to build coping skills and practical plans.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of experience in the social services field working with individuals, adolescents, and families across a variety of presenting concerns.
What are the credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, credential IN LCSW 34008929A, and practices from Indiana.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are provided in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available for working together?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for therapy with this clinician?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesGriefParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityLife purposeMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

Indiana

Languages

English