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Ginger Santiago, LMHC
Florida
LMHC - Stress and Anxiety
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Ginger Santiago is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 10 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She focuses on practical steps people can try right away. Her style treats the client as the expert in their own life and builds on existing strengths.
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and to test new ways of responding. She also blends client-centered methods to listen and reflect what matters most to each person. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or needs help finding motivation.
Ginger often works with people facing relationship and family strain, parenting stress, career pressures, and major life changes. She also addresses trauma and abuse, post-traumatic stress, sexual assault, and issues common to veterans and armed forces members. Practical problem solving is a recurring focus in sessions.
Sessions typically look at current problems and develop small, doable experiments to try between meetings. She helps people notice patterns in thoughts and behavior, then plans steps to reduce distress. Goals are discussed and adjusted as progress is made.
Ginger keeps language plain and concrete during sessions so ideas are easy to use outside of therapy. She asks about what’s working and what’s not, and she helps people choose approaches that fit their lives. People interested in starting complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How her approaches work in remote sessions
Ginger commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and test thoughts and habits that keep stress and anxiety going. CBT sessions focus on concrete exercises and quick experiments someone can practice between meetings. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy techniques that prioritize the person's perspective and use reflective listening to clarify goals and concerns.Finding the right method is part of the work. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has helped before. Together they decide whether CBT, client-centered methods, or motivational interviewing fits best and adjust the plan as needed.
The practical benefits of remote work often include easier fitting of sessions into a busy day and options for shorter check-ins when needed. The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it simpler to keep continuity during life changes and to practice skills in real time without major travel.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with most often?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting stress, career pressures, and bipolar concerns.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and to try small experiments that change how someone responds to stress.
What relevant experience does she bring?
She has 10 years of clinical experience working with people facing anxiety, trauma, grief, and life changes.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (FL LMHC) and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions structured and how much do they cost?
Session cost varies with location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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