Chanin Santini, LCSW
Practical, affirming care for intimacy and identity
Details
| Name | Chanin Santini |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW |
| Based in | California |
| Licensed in | California, Pennsylvania |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 15 |
About Chanin
Chanin Santini is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of experience helping people facing relationship and personal struggles. She works with individuals who are anxious, stressed, coping with depression, or wrestling with intimacy and communication problems. Chanin offers a direct and compassionate style that aims to make therapy easy to understand and use.
Her work often focuses on sexuality and identity concerns, including LGBT matters, gender dysphoria, and kink or BDSM questions.
Background and approach
She also supports people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, body image, and the emotional impact of medical issues such as cancer or fertility challenges. Counseling can include coaching around life transitions, commitment worries, or difficulties after divorce. Chanin draws on Narrative therapy and client-centered practices to help people tell and reframe the stories that shape their lives.
She also uses practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy when a person needs tools to manage thoughts, emotions, or intense reactions. The Gottman Method informs her work with communication and relationship patterns. Sessions are practical and focused.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation, goal-setting, and homework when useful. Chanin pays attention to attachment patterns and how early relationship stories affect current choices and feelings. She maintains a respectful, nonjudgmental atmosphere that values consent and sexual diversity.
Chanin practices in California as an LCSW and conducts sessions in English for adults seeking support with the issues listed.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Intimacy-related issues among the things Chanin works with, alongside the areas below.
- Intimacy-related issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Systemic Therapy: Listed by Chanin among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Chanin directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Chanin directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and skills-based work fits online
Chanin uses Narrative therapy in session to help people name and reframe the stories they tell about themselves, which can change how they feel and act. Narrative work helps with identity, relationship patterns, and questions about sexuality or gender.She also uses Client-Centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and following the client's lead so people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) shows up when clients want clear tools to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. Chanin will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. She adjusts the plan over time so approaches match what is helping and what a person wants to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and storytelling work. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of concerns does Chanin address?
She helps people with intimacy-related issues, anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and self-esteem. Additional focus areas include body image, communication problems, fertility and cancer-related emotional challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends client-centered listening with narrative work to examine personal stories. She adds CBT and DBT techniques when clients want concrete skills for mood or emotion regulation.
How much experience does she have?
Chanin has 15 years of clinical experience working with adults on relationship, identity, and trauma-related concerns. That experience informs both practical skills and longer-term work.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices in California and holds the LCSW credential listed as CA LCSW and PA LCSW. Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted. Sessions are conducted in English for clients located where she is able to provide services.
What session formats are offered?
Chanin meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. These options allow shorter check-ins or longer face-to-face style conversations.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees depend on the subscription plan chosen.
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