Dr. Latasha McIlwaine, LPC

Dr. Latasha McIlwaine is a licensed counseling professional with nearly two decades of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families across the Carolinas and Georgia. She holds a Doctor of Education (EdD) degree, reflecting advanced study in counseling psychology, and maintains multiple counseling credentials including Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) credentials and supervisory licenses. Her training also includes certifications in addictions counseling and domestic violence intervention, and she brings that specialized knowledge to work with clients facing substance use, relationship challenges, low self-esteem, career transitions, and depression.

Her therapeutic background spans cognitive and solution-focused approaches as well as mindfulness-informed practices, dialectical behavior strategies, and motivational interviewing. Dr. McIlwaine combines these methods with family systems and person-centered perspectives to address issues such as autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family concerns, codependency, divorce and separation, domestic violence, intellectual disability, loneliness, and questions of life purpose and self-love. She has experience with anger management, parenting support, and school or career-related stressors.

An experienced educator and supervisor, Dr. McIlwaine mentors undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students pursuing careers in counseling. She is also an author; her memoir Fragile Brokenness explores her personal and professional journey and the pathways that led her into clinical practice. She maintains a private practice offering tele-therapy under Insightful Options, PLLC and shares more information through her professional websites.