About Nancy
Nancy O'Neil is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 29 years of experience. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth help for stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, grief, and depression. Nancy keeps sessions straightforward and works to make next steps clear for each person she meets.
She believes clients are the experts on their own stories and that everyone brings strengths to the room. Nancy aims to build on those strengths while offering predictable support during hard times.
Background and approach
She talks through coping options and helps people weigh what might work best in their daily lives. Over nearly three decades she has guided people through practical challenges such as body image struggles, caregiver stress, and co-occurring conditions. She also offers support around codependency, communication breakdowns, and the fallout from divorce or infidelity.
Her experience includes working with addiction, hospice and end-of-life issues, and first responder stress. Nancy uses an evidence-based approach to help people reduce symptoms and regain routines that matter. Sessions focus on small, manageable changes and on building tools that fit a person’s real schedule.
She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes. Her practice is anchored in clear, goal-focused conversations. Nancy aims to empower people to make choices that lead to more stable days and a greater sense of control.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Nancy draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills. One common approach is skill-building work that teaches stress management, coping strategies for anxiety, and relapse prevention steps for addictions. These sessions often involve practicing short exercises and setting small goals to try between appointments.Another approach emphasizes problem-focused conversations about relationships, grief, and communication problems. This style helps people identify patterns, try different responses, and strengthen everyday habits that improve interactions and mood. Both approaches aim to make change feel manageable and relevant to daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Nancy listens to each person's goals, preferences, and life demands before suggesting a path forward. She works with clients to adjust methods over time so the plan fits their needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people see facial cues and work in real time, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other commitments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English