Latoya Simmons, LPC

Latoya Simmons is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with two decades of clinical experience supporting individuals and families through a wide range of life challenges. Her background spans in-home therapy, school-based counseling, youth advocacy, group work with individuals who batter, and emergency consultations with hospital emergency room teams. She has also served as a Gate Keeper Trainer, working to reduce suicide across the state, and appears on the Medical University of South Carolina referral list through Project BEST after completing trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy training there.

Simmons has trained in evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Rational Living therapy, and she integrates trauma-focused methods when working with clients who have experienced abuse or significant loss. Her practice focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, depression, family and parenting concerns, self-esteem difficulties, ADHD, domestic violence, and workplace issues. She collaborates with people to identify effective coping strategies and practical problem-solving skills that fit their lives.

Committed to helping individuals and families move toward healthier emotional and psychological well-being, Simmons brings practical, evidence-informed techniques and a steady, experienced presence to her counseling work. Her aim is to support progress through tailored interventions grounded in established therapeutic practices.