LaTina Edmonds, MA, LCMHC-S, CST

Heyy, my name is LaTina Edmonds, and I am a licensed therapist and certified sex therapist in Fayetteville/Fort Liberty, NC, VA, DC, and in SC.

You’re the one that everybody goes to when they need help; you always have such good advice. However, you’ve accepted that something is not right, and you are feeling more drained than anything. You have talked to doctors, you’ve read self-help books, talked to friends, ignored it, and tried various medications. You’ve been struggling for so long, and you are ready to move forward. But how do you find the right therapist, one that you can trust and feel supported? The therapy process needs to happen with someone you can trust and can click with.
What kind of therapist am I?

I am not just going to smile and nod, cross my legs, and ask you repeatedly, “how does that make you feel?” Will I ask it at some point, most likely, but it will be because I want you to drop down into your body and notice how you are feeling about something? Because I believe in therapy and that it should work, we are going to set goals at the beginning so that we always know what we are working towards. I am going to celebrate you on the journey because healing is not the easiest thing to do.

We will definitely laugh and engage in the language of sarcasm. Why so serious? Life is too short for us to not be able to let our hair down sometimes. I want you to be excited about the progress you are making. Therapy does not have to always be hard or scary; therapy with me is easy. That means you show up as you are, no judgment! All I am concerned with is that you are comfortable and ready to start your healing.

We are going to work! There are going to be days when you are like “LaTina, I quit.” But after we get curious and explore it, dropping down into your body, you can learn to express how you are feeling. Then, there will also be days when we reflect on everything and you are confident in yourself and your journey. I am going to give you tools that you can use between our sessions, yep, homework! (But the fun talk about your feelings and emotions kind). We are going to learn about you and learn how to incorporate what you know to be true and original about you into who you show up as each and every day.

I’m not the therapist for everyone, and that is totally okay. If, after our consult, you decide that I am not the best fit or I decide that I cannot provide the best therapy for you, I’ll refer you to someone who can best serve you. It is at the core of my ethics and values.
I received my master’s degree from Liberty University in Virginia. I am a licensed clinical mental health counselor in the states of North Carolina, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and South Carolina.

I am a certified sex therapist with the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT). I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Gottman Method for couples’ level 1 and other areas. If you have any questions, feel free to ask about them so that this list doesn’t go on forever.