Latavia Elmore,
LCSW

CRYSTAL LAKE & ROCKFORD LOCATIONS

Latavia Agada is a licensed clinical social worker at the Rockford Lantern Therapy Services location, who is dedicated to assisting people in realizing their potential and achieving their goals. She is a big believer in people's ability to persevere and overcome life's challenges and sits with her clients as an interactive listener and a source of support. 

Latavia is licensed in the state of Illinois and holds bachelors' in sociology/anthropology and Russian from Swarthmore College and a master's in clinical social work from the University of Chicago. She is currently a PhD student in international psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a concentration in trauma.

Latavia worked for a variety of non-profit organizations that served troubled children and teenagers, immigrants, refugees, people with disabilities, and people who were in crisis or who have struggled with anxiety, depression, trauma, and mental illness. Latavia uses cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) solution-focused therapy, the Grief Recovery Method and mindfulness amongst other therapy modalities and techniques to help people on their journey towards wholeness.