About
Community of Change, Inc.
is a nonprofit organization that was created in 2016. Our goal is to provide culturally competent, holistic, and wellness-focused services to the individuals and families.
We believe all people can achieve wellness and wholeness through compassion and connection within community.
Our Mission
Our mission is to enhance wellness, extend kindness, and facilitate healing within our community.
Our Vision
Our vision is to aspire hope, facilitate change, and create unity in our community by meeting individual needs with compassion and kindness.
Clinical Team
Founding President
Lateacia Sessoms
Lateacia is the Founding President of Communities Of Change, a non-profit organization. Lateacia is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Virginia and an approved supervisor through the Virginia Board of Counseling. She is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, Board Certified Human Service Practitioner, Registered Play Therapist, Certified Sexual Treatment Provider, and a Certified Child & Adolescent Trauma Professional. Lateacia has clinical experience providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. She believes that everyone brings their own unique story to counseling and to honor each individual’s story she utilizes a strength-based approach with a variety of therapeutic orientations to help individuals meet their goals.
Lateacia has a passion for unifying communities. Her desire is to bring awareness to communities at large on the importance of authenticity and human connection. Lateacia knows that a community can be impacted and transformed by changing one family, and accessing the family through one member. Her goal is to multiply that impact through the transformation of one family which can initiate change in another family.
Our vision is to aspire hope, facilitate change, and create unity in our community by meeting individual needs with compassion and kindness.
Location: 309 County St., Unit 203, Portsmouth, VA 23704
Telephone: (757) 966-1689
Fax: (757) 966-2834
Community of Change is a registered 501(c)(3) charity. All donations are tax-deductible.