OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY
Thoughtful therapy. Individualized care.
Therapy looks different for everyone. At Personal Best, we take time to understand what has been weighing on you, the patterns that keep showing up, and what you would like to feel or handle differently.
Together, we make sense of what is happening now, explore the experiences that may be shaping it, and develop practical ways to move forward that fit your life—not a one-size-fits-all formula.
Therapy is available in person in Southfield, Michigan, and virtually through secure telehealth for clients located throughout Michigan.
Areas of Clinical Focus
ADHD & Executive Functioning
Therapy can go beyond productivity tips. We may look at attention, task initiation, organization, emotional regulation, overwhelm, procrastination, shame, relationships, and the ways ADHD affects everyday life across adulthood.
Latasha has advanced training in evidence-based strategies for ADHD across the lifespan, with a focus on executive functioning, emotional regulation, and the ways ADHD affects everyday life.
Anxiety, Panic & Chronic Worry
Anxiety can show up as racing thoughts, overthinking, physical tension, avoidance, perfectionism, irritability, panic, or feeling like your mind never really shuts off. Therapy may combine practical anxiety-management strategies with work that helps us understand the patterns keeping anxiety active.
Latasha has advanced training in applied neuroscience approaches for anxiety, panic, and chronic worry.
Emotional & Relationship Patterns
Sometimes the same emotional or relationship patterns keep showing up even when you understand them intellectually. Therapy can help slow those patterns down and make sense of the emotions, attachment needs, protective responses, and relationship experiences underneath them.
Latasha incorporates Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) and other attachment-informed approaches when appropriate.
Perfectionism, People-Pleasing & Burnout
Being the person who handles everything can work, until it doesn’t. Therapy can help you examine overfunctioning, perfectionism, difficulty resting, guilt around boundaries, people-pleasing, and the pressure to constantly perform or hold everything together.
Additional concerns we may address
Therapy may also address depression, trauma and childhood experiences, emotional regulation, relationship concerns, self-esteem, and major life transitions.
HOW I WORK
There isn’t one “right” way to do therapy.
I don’t believe good therapy means using the same model with every client. My work is integrative and evidence-informed, which means I draw from different clinical approaches depending on what you’re experiencing, what we’re trying to understand, and what seems most useful for you.
That may include cognitive and behavioral strategies, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Schema Therapy, attachment-based work, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), nervous-system and emotion-regulation work, and other evidence-informed interventions.
Sometimes we need practical strategies for what is happening right now. Other times, we need to understand the deeper patterns underneath it. Often, good therapy involves both.
We work together...
We look beneath the surface
You don’t have to leave parts of yourself at the door
You bring your lived experience. I bring clinical knowledge, questions, perspective, and tools. We decide together what deserves our attention and adjust as your needs change.
Sometimes what is happening today makes more sense when we understand the experiences, beliefs, relationships, or coping patterns that came before it. We can explore those connections without assuming everything is about the past.
Culture, identity, family, neurodivergence, relationships, values, and lived experience are part of the conversation when they matter to you.
WHAT THERAPY CAN LOOK LIKE
What might we actually work on?
Some sessions may focus on something that happened that week. Others may involve noticing a pattern that has followed you for years.
We might work on managing anxiety or strong emotions, setting boundaries without feeling guilty, understanding why certain relationships affect you so deeply, challenging perfectionism or people-pleasing, making room for difficult feelings instead of constantly pushing through them, or learning healthier ways to respond when life feels overwhelming.
Therapy can also simply be a place to slow things down enough to understand yourself better.
MEET YOUR THERAPIST
Latasha A. Webster
LMSW-C, CFMHE, CCATP
I’ve worked in mental health for more than a decade, and one thing I’ve learned is that people rarely fit neatly into a diagnosis, worksheet, or treatment approach.
My style is collaborative, practical, and curious. I want to understand not only what you’re struggling with, but also what has shaped you, what has helped you survive and adapt, and what you want your life to look like moving forward.
Therapy with me includes space to reflect and make connections, but we also talk about what you can actually do with those insights outside of the therapy room.
Getting Started
1.
Tell us what brings you in
Submit a brief therapy inquiry so we can learn a little about what brings you to therapy.
2.
We’ll make sure it’s a good fit.
We’ll review availability, the type of support you’re looking for, and insurance or private-pay options.
3.
If we’re a good match, we’ll get you started.
You’ll receive intake paperwork through the secure client portal and schedule your first appointment.
Sessions are available in person at our Southfield office or through secure telehealth for clients located in Michigan.