LaTasha SmiTh, Phd., LCSW, CGP
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Therapy is most effective when you feel heard, understood, and accepted. Regardless of what brings you to therapy, my priority is to help you feel comfortable enough to explore unfamiliar territory at a pace that respects your nervous system and your lived experience. My role is not to tell you who to be or how to fix yourself, but to walk alongside you as you begin asking the hard questions, becoming curious about your life, and experimenting with new ways of relating to yourself and others. My work also attends to the impact of chronic exposure to oppression- in all forms, including the ways racism, marginalization, and cultural expectations can shape how people learn to cope, succeed, and stay safe. These experiences are often cumulative, relational, and embodied, influencing how we see ourselves, how we move through the world, and how much space we allow ourselves to take. In therapy, we make room to name and explore these experiences with care, without minimizing their impact.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I earned my Master of Social Work degree from Loyola University Chicago and my PhD from the Smith College School for Social Work. My work is informed by post-graduate clinical training, professional experience, and lived experience. I have worked extensively with trauma survivors across the lifespan, as well as with concerns that often accompany trauma, including eating disorders, self-injury, behavioral addictions (such as emotional eating, compulsive shopping), depression, and chronic self-doubt.

My mission is to support people who have experienced trauma—personal, relational, and racial—in rebuilding their lives and relationships with meaning, dignity, and self-trust.

 I look forward to working with you.