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Altoya The Therapist in Edmonton, Alberta

Serving Ontario and Saskatchewan virtually.

Latoya Reid is a decolonizing Clinical Social Worker with a focus on person-centered, anti-oppressive, strength-based, and anti-racist perspectives. As a registered Social Worker, Latoya takes pride in being empathetic, authentic, and drawing from her own lived experiences to shape her approach to mental health therapy. Her unconventional and refreshing style empowers clients to regain control of their lives.

Life can be filled with difficult days—whether you’re facing relationship challenges, dealing with past or recent trauma, overcoming abuse, bullying, or race-based trauma, navigating a divorce or separation, or struggling with anxiety, self-doubt, depression, stress, or grief. Whatever you’re going through, you don’t have to face it alone. It’s okay not to be okay, and mental health support is available.

Latoya offers a non-judgmental and compassionate space to help you explore a new version of yourself. As an experienced psychotherapist, she works extensively with diverse populations and uses her lived experiences to validate and understand each client’s unique journey. This helps build a strong therapeutic alliance, empowering you to set your own goals while receiving constructive, non-judgmental feedback.

A firm believer in the power of people to create their own realities, Latoya honors her clients as the experts of their lives. She helps tap into your innate strengths and resources, encouraging you to rise above societal stereotypes and pursue positive changes, so you can live your life to the fullest.

On your path to healing and self-improvement, Latoya serves as your guide, using your strengths and skills as a roadmap. She employs a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and multidimensional approach tailored to your needs. By collaboratively selecting the right therapeutic tools, she helps you achieve the wholeness and fulfillment you seek for a fully functional life.

Services offered:

• Individual therapy
• Couples and relational therapy
• Family therapy
• Life coaching

Latoya also provides anti-racism training, workshops, and is available for public speaking and keynote addresses.