Lolita Baker, MA, LPC

06/03/2026

✈️ Here I go…Be well and I’ll see you all soon!!

Today's the day. 🌅

I'm boarding a flight to Naples, Italy and I genuinely cannot believe I get to type that sentence.

But before I go, I want you to know — this practice doesn't pause while I'm away.

If you need support between now and June 15th, you are not without care. I am leaving you in the hands of some of the most wonderful humans I know:

🌿 Irma Escobedo, LPC — Irma is our most seasoned therapist and one of the warmest people in any room. She specializes in children & teens, relational trauma, and foster care and adoption challenges, and she's trained in both play therapy and EMDR. She also serves our Spanish-speaking clients and families. If you have children or teens who need support, Irma is exactly who I'd send my own family to.

🌿 Gates Lambeth, LMSW — Gates works with adults who have been running on fumes — whether that's showing up in your body, your job, or your closest relationships. She specializes in chronic stress, burnout, and marriage and couples work, and she has a way of creating space where hard conversations can actually go somewhere good.

🌿 Taryn Miller, Graduate Counseling Intern — Don't let the "intern" title fool you. Taryn brings real depth to this work — she's seasoned in crisis support and has spent years as a college ministry leader, which means she knows how to meet people in the middle of hard seasons with both clinical grounding and genuine faith. We're grateful she's part of this team.

If you're a current client, please reach out through your client portal and the team will make sure you're taken care of. New to LITD and wondering if we're a good fit?

📞 940.239.9169
📧 [email protected]
🌐 LITDtraumacounseling.com

I'll be back in office June 15th — full presence, full heart, and probably a lot of stories. 🙏🏽

06/01/2026

I’ve been able to share this exciting news with most of my weekly/biweekly clients in office. I wanted to make sure my “as-needed” clients hear the news too.

I’m so honored for the opportunity and excited to make an impact across the world! I’ll be sure to post some updates for y’all. Arriverderci!! 🇮🇹

05/30/2026

May is Mental Health Awareness Month — and one of the most misunderstood experiences we want to talk about is depression.

Because it doesn’t always look like crying or staying in bed.

Sometimes it looks like:
— Showing up to everything but feeling nothing while you’re there
— Smiling in public, disappearing in private
— A flatness you can’t explain
— Losing your sense of future — not dramatically, just quietly
— Feeling disconnected from yourself and everyone around you

If that sounds familiar, you’re not broken. You’re not dramatic. You’re dealing with something real — and real things deserve real support.

You don’t have to keep going through the motions alone.

📞 940.239.9169 / [email protected]

05/28/2026

I cannot wait to share this with you all…in due time! 💫

We’ve been a keeping something a little quiet over here… but trust us, it’s been for good reason. 👀

This space? It’s about to become something we’ve been dreaming about for a while.

We’ll just say — it goes deeper than talk therapy.

Stay tuned. 🌅

05/25/2026

Memorial Day asks something of us that we don’t always know how to do well.

It asks us to hold grief and gratitude at the same time.

To honor what was lost without pretending the cost was simple. To say thank you and I’m so sorry in the same breath.

Jesus named this kind of love — the laying down of a life — as the greatest expression of it. Not a transaction. Not an obligation. A choice made on behalf of someone else. That doesn’t become less sacred with time. It doesn’t become less heavy either.

For those who served and carry what that service left behind… the losses that don’t make the monuments, the memories that resurface without warning, the weight of watching a new conflict unfold while your own history is still unfinished… today may be complicated. That is allowed.

Grief doesn’t follow a calendar. And love that costs everything doesn’t stop mattering just because the years keep moving.

If today is hard, you don’t have to perform solemnity or celebration. You’re allowed to just feel what’s true.

And if what’s true is that you’re struggling… with memories, with the news, with things you’ve never quite been able to put down… there is support. You don’t have to keep carrying it alone.

We see you today.
📞 940.239.9169 | [email protected]

John 15:13

05/24/2026

Wrestling with fatigue lately? Me too. He sees us and meets our every need. Rest. Eat. Get in His presence.

Before God gave Elijah a mission, He gave him a meal and let him sleep.

Twice.

Elijah had just experienced one of the most powerful moments of his ministry…and then collapsed in the wilderness and asked to die. I’ve had enough, Lord.

And God didn’t rebuke him. Didn’t tell him to push through. Didn’t remind him of what he’d just accomplished.

He touched him gently and said: Get up and eat. The journey is too great for you.

That is the God of the fatigued. The God who sees when you’ve given everything and have nothing left — and responds with provision, not performance expectations.

If you’ve had enough lately — if the journey has felt too great — you are in good theological company.

Rest. Eat. Tend to your physical needs. Sometimes it’s exactly what God prescribes.

1 Kings 19:4-8

05/19/2026

Mental Health Awareness Month isn’t just about big conversations. Sometimes it’s about noticing the smaller things you’ve been explaining away.

Like:
— Losing interest in things that used to bring you joy
— Snapping at the people you love most
— Feeling numb more than you feel sad
— Dreading tomorrow before today is over
— Laughing on the outside, running on empty on the inside

These aren’t character flaws. They’re signals. And signals deserve attention.

You don’t have to wait until things fall apart. Reaching out early is a sign of wisdom, not weakness.

📞 940.239.9169 | [email protected]

05/17/2026

05/15/2026

I’m so excited to welcome Taryn to the LITD team!! She’s such an amazing addition and has a beautiful heart for those entrusted to her care. I can’t wait to see all the impact she’s going to make in our community! 💡💜💫 She’s taking new clients now…

Someone new is joining the Light in the Darkness family ….and we couldn’t be more excited to introduce her!

Meet Taryn Miller, Graduate Counseling Intern at LITD Trauma Counseling.

Taryn works with children, teens, and young adults navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, and relational conflict — and she brings a warmth and energy that’s hard to miss.

If you’ve been putting off starting therapy because of cost, Taryn’s sessions are only $50, with sliding scale options still available. There’s no perfect time to start, but this might be the closest thing to it.

Taryn is now accepting new clients.

📩 Reach out at [email protected] / 940.239.9169 to get started.

There’s light in the darkest places.
Sometimes it shows up in a new face.

05/06/2026

Mmhmmm…all of this!

I first said this years ago. And it’s still true!

When mental health becomes a battle, prayer is a weapon. I will always tell you to pray. It is powerful, necessary, and we should never stop.

And also…every war requires strategy.

Therapy is not in competition with prayer. It’s a different category, aimed at the same outcome: your wholeness. The sacred work of your wellness deserves both.

One of the most common questions I get is whether something is spiritual or psychological. My answer is consistent: every part of you affects every other part so, do all the things.

Pray.
Go to therapy.
Worship.
Join a support group.
Read your Bible.
Take care of your body.

These are not contradictions. They are collaborations.You are too valuable to limit your care to one lane.

Prayer is a weapon.
Therapy is a strategy.

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month!