LaToya Tanniehill

LaToya Tanniehill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 11 years of clinical experience. She aims to help people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strains, or life transitions. LaToya offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence so clients can speak honestly and start making small, practical changes.

LaToya works with each person to tailor the work to their goals. She uses straightforward tools to reduce anxiety, build self-esteem, and manage anger. Conversations often include simple skill-building and steps the client can try between sessions.

Her clinical approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. She also draws on emotionally-focused ideas and motivational interviewing to support change. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical strategies, and tracking progress over time.

LaToya has spent over a decade supporting children, adolescents, and adults from diverse backgrounds in Illinois. That experience informs her flexible style and practical focus. She pays attention to how everyday demands - like jobs and caregiving - affect mood and relationships.

People often reach out to address isolation and loneliness alongside anxiety or life changes. LaToya helps people reconnect with their values, try new social steps, and practice self-compassion while they rebuild routines and supports.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and decide their own goals, which can be useful when addressing loneliness or life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at unhelpful thoughts and the behaviors that follow. It offers concrete exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood, which many people find helpful between sessions.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying and naming feelings, then working to shift interaction patterns that keep people stuck. This approach can help when relationships or intimacy issues contribute to isolation.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to the client’s needs, goals, and preferences, and will adjust the plan as progress is made.

Confirm available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as shorter check-ins during a lunch break or meetings that avoid travel time. It also allows continuity of care if routines or schedules change, while keeping the focus on practical steps and goal-directed work.