Amy Santana(She/Her/Ella)

Finding a therapist can be a long and challenging process. It's not just about their experience; you want them to understand healing is not linear and that "challenging your thoughts" or just "talking through it" won't be enough this time. You also want to feel like progress is happening, both in and out of session. You want to know there's a clear plan in place to get you from feeling like there's no hope to finally being able to breathe. Many clients I work with initially come to me feeling like they're "crazy" or "broken." Sometimes they've worked with therapists who've expressed being unable to support them in the ways they needed, and they took that as something being wrong with them.

Oftentimes, clients I work with have lost hope. They're trying this therapy thing out one last time because the life they're currently living feels like a struggle every day. They may be skeptical that things can change. Slowly, we begin to work on things little by little. A trigger they had may decrease; they may find they went a whole day without feeling anxious, or that they had the energy to socialize again. There is finally hope that things are changing.

I believe that finding the right fit therapist makes all the difference in your healing. I welcome any questions you may have about potentially working together and support you in finding the best therapist for you.