Latiesha Dukes, LMHC | Licensed Mental Health Counselor & Perinatal Clinician
Latiesha M. Dukes is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Massachusetts. Public records and court-related reporting identify her primarily through her professional work rather than a detailed personal history. She has provided perinatal mental health services and testified in a high-profile criminal trial. Verified information about her is limited to professional credentials, education, employment history in clinical settings, and details from her 2026 testimony. No publicly available, reliable sources confirm her exact date of birth, place of birth, nationality beyond U.S. professional licensure and practice, early life, family background, personal life details, awards, or extensive non-professional achievements. Any biography claiming otherwise would rely on unverified or invented information, which is not appropriate.
Available facts come mainly from provider directories (NPI 1649611393), educational listings, and contemporaneous reporting on her testimony in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Plymouth Superior Court, Massachusetts, in August 2026. She is listed as practicing in areas including Jamaica Plain and Weymouth/South Weymouth, Massachusetts, and has been associated with Coastal Medical Associates / South Shore Health settings. She is accepting new patients in some listings and works in mental health counseling with a noted focus that has included substance use disorder in directory entries. Education listed includes Columbia University (2010). In court testimony she described holding a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s in mental health counseling, and a master’s of education in mental health counseling.
Professional Role and Clinical Work
Dukes has worked as a licensed mental health counselor specializing in short-term therapy. For approximately five years she served as a perinatal clinician at the Perinatal Behavioral Health Clinic of South Shore Hospital (South Shore Health). In that role she provided short-term therapy covering the period before birth through postpartum. Services included cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) for trauma. She also supported connections to higher levels of care such as intensive outpatient therapy, partial hospitalization, or inpatient care when indicated.
She is no longer employed at that clinic according to her 2026 testimony. Directory information continues to list her as an LMHC in the Massachusetts area, with locations tied to Weymouth and Jamaica Plain practices. Her work has involved collaboration with nurse practitioners on cases involving psychiatric medication management for perinatal patients.
Testimony in the Lindsay Clancy Case
In August 2026, Dukes testified as a witness in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy in Plymouth Superior Court. Clancy faced charges related to the deaths of her three children in January 2023. Dukes described treating Clancy at the perinatal clinic. Clancy received services there roughly from November into December 2022. Dukes reported a total of four meetings with Clancy between approximately December 2 and December 19, 2022 (some virtual/video sessions).
According to her testimony, Clancy presented with concerns including anxiety, insomnia/sleep deprivation, depression symptoms, weight loss, and passive suicidal ideation (thoughts of not wanting to be alive or no longer wanting to live, without an active plan). Clancy also reported frequent worry that something bad would happen to her children or baby. Dukes stated that Clancy did not communicate active suicidal intentions or a specific plan during their sessions, and she observed no signs of psychosis or mania in the sessions described. On one occasion Dukes recommended a higher level of outpatient care designed for postpartum mothers and mentioned a program at Women and Infants Hospital in Rhode Island. Clancy reportedly contacted a crisis hotline (ASPIRE) on occasions and was told she did not meet criteria for certain interventions due to lack of an active plan.
Dukes’ testimony addressed the nature of the short-term therapy provided, the content of the sessions, and clinical assessments of risk and symptoms at the time. Reporting on the trial notes that the defense and prosecution examined the adequacy of care, documentation of symptoms, and recommendations made. This public testimony is the primary source of detailed information about her specific clinical interactions; it does not expand into her personal biography.
