- Stress management
- Guilt and shame
- Self-esteem work
About Fantoya
Fantoya Hill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with three years of professional experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and concerns about self-esteem and confidence. She also supports people facing issues tied to adoption and foster care, communication problems, forgiveness, and feelings of guilt and shame.
She approaches sessions by treating each person as the expert on their own story. She looks for strengths a person already has and uses those strengths to address current challenges. Sessions are practical and straightforward, with a focus on what someone can do next rather than lengthy theory.
In conversation she helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and tries out small changes that feel manageable. She talks through ways to cope with cravings, low mood, relentless worry, or the hard feelings that follow loss. She pays attention to how past experiences affect present choices without making the past the whole focus.
Clients can expect collaborative problem solving and clear next steps between sessions. Fantoya encourages momentum through simple skills and consistent effort. She invites people to try approaches that fit their life and to adjust them when they don’t work.
Her practice uses English for sessions. Before booking, readers should confirm current session formats and scheduling options through the platform’s matching process.
How therapeutic methods are used in online sessions
Evidence-based techniques focus on concrete skills and behavior change. One common method involves practicing coping skills for anxiety and cravings, using step-by-step exercises to reduce distress and strengthen daily routines. This helps with issues like panic, persistent worry, and addictive urges.Another approach centers on mood and thought patterns. It helps people notice automatic negative thoughts and test them with simple experiments. This work supports those dealing with depression, low self-esteem, and persistent shame by making thinking more flexible and less self-critical.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with clients to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She will try options, check what helps, and adjust the plan together rather than imposing a single technique.
The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting therapy into a busy life and reducing travel time. Online work can make shorter check-ins easier and help people keep momentum between sessions. Because the biography does not specify which session formats are offered, confirm current session options before booking so you know how sessions will be scheduled and delivered.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and self-esteem and confidence issues. Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, communication, forgiveness, guilt and shame, impulsivity, and social anxiety.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She treats clients as experts on their own story and looks for existing strengths to build on. Sessions aim to identify unhelpful patterns and try small practical changes to reduce shame and manage guilt.
What is her background and experience?
She holds a California LCSW and has three years of professional work experience helping people with mood, anxiety, addiction, grief, and self-esteem concerns.
Where is she licensed and where does she practice from?
She is licensed in California as an LCSW and lists California as her location.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and what formats are used?
The original biography does not list session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking via the platform’s matching process.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.