About Latonia
Latonia Grissom-Blue Pollard is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) based in Michigan. She brings 18 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood differences, trauma, and ADHD. Her style is warm and collaborative, and she aims to make sessions feel straightforward and focused.
She creates a calm space where people can talk about what is hard. Sessions tend to focus on practical skills for daily life. She listens first, then works with each person to set clear, realistic goals.
Background and approach
Her background includes independent practice, telehealth, and school-based work. That range of settings shaped her ability to use different approaches to meet real needs. She draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care to each person.
In sessions she may teach strategies to manage overwhelming feelings, improve attention and organization, or cope with trauma symptoms. She also helps people address depression, bipolar mood shifts, anger, and relationship stressors. The focus is on useful tools that can be tried between sessions.
Latonia emphasizes partnership in therapy. She values cultural responsiveness and respect, and she invites input about what helps and what doesn’t. People who want clear steps and steady support often find this approach practical and encouraging.
If someone wants to start, she asks them to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first appointment. The process is meant to connect each person with the right match and a workable plan for moving forward.
Evidence-based methods and flexible online care
Latonia uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms day to day. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one approach she draws on; it focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are another tool she may use to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal skills, which can help with impulsivity and intense moods.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try methods that fit those needs, and adjust the plan over time based on what works. The aim is to develop practical tools a person can use between sessions.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or better when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be used for brief updates, skill coaching, or when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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