Rosanna M Santos, MA, MFT

Rosanna M Santos, MA, MFT
Profession(s): Marriage & Family Therapy, Psychotherapy, Mental Health Counseling
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  LMFT
License Number:  MFC42968

My Approach to Helping

Lets face it, life happens! We try our best to make the environment around us as comfortable as possible for ourselves, and many times we succeed. And then, there are those times when we just feel 'stuck' and frustrated, perhaps even discouraged. Often, if we stay in those 'stuck' places for too long, we end up feeling depressed, anxious, stressed, angry, insecure, vulnerable, unmotivated, or just plain moody. It almost feels like there is some hidden knowledge that could unlock that stuck feeling and let us get back to, or begin, feeling motivated and confident about the direction of our lives.

When done with sensitivity and genuineness in the contained and safe environment I provide, therapy can be a highly useful tool to pry yourself loose from those 'stuck' places, so you can begin making safe, healthy, and effective choices for yourself, your family, and your future.

More Info About My Practice

**I offer a FREE 30 minute phone consultation for new clients!!

**I have a Saturday morning LGBT Teen Group:

-LGBT Coming Out Teen Support Group: meets weekly from 10am to 11:30am!!
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Group Therapy
  • Coaching
  • Consultation
 

Ages I Work With

  • Children
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 

Groups I Work With

  • My specialties include therapuetic work with Adolescents and their Families, Trauma and Abuse Survivors, LGBT specific issues (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender), Women's issues, Grief and Loss Recovery, and running a Saturday morning LGBT Teen group.
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Adlerian Psychotherapy
  • Anger Management
  • Art Therapy
  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Breathwork
  • Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
  • Collaborative Therapy / Collaborative Language Systems
  • Core Process Psychotherapy
  • Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing
  • Depth Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Dreamwork & Dream Analysis
  • Emotion Focused Couples Therapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Family Attachment Narrative Therapy
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Focusing
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Guided Therapeutic Imagery
  • Humanistic Psychology
  • Internal Family Systems Therapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Journal Therapy
  • Lifespan Integration
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
  • Music Therapy
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Non-Violent Communication
  • Object Relations
  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
  • Parent Work
  • Person Centered / Rogerian
  • Play Therapy
  • Poetry Therapy
  • Positive Psychotherapy
  • Possibility Therapy
  • Process Oriented Psychology
  • Psychodrama
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Relational Recovery
  • Relationship Enhancement Therapy
  • Sand Tray / Sand Play Therapy
  • Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy
  • Self Acceptance Training
  • Self Relations
  • Self Psychology
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Systems Theory /Therapy
  • Transpersonal Psychotherapy
  • Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Integration of different therapy models
  • Other - not listed here
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
23822 Valencia Blvd, Suite 204
Santa Clarita, CA 91355 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
  • Abandonment and/or Fear of
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Addictions (Drug & Alcohol)
  • Addictions (Other)
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Aggression
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bereavement
  • Bipolar
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Codependency / Dependency
  • Communication Problems
  • Compulsions
  • Control Issues
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Emptiness
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • End-of-life Adjustment
  • Family Problems
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, & Transgender Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Habits
  • Hyperactivity
  • Identity Issues
  • Impulsivity
  • Inadequacy
  • Inattention
  • Irritability
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Life Purpose/Meaning/Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Transition
  • Mood Disturbance
  • Mood Swings
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Obsessions
  • Oppositional & Defiant Behavior
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Phobias / Fears
  • Physical Abuse
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress
  • Prejudice / Discrimination
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm (Cutting, etc.)
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sex / Sexuality Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Shame
  • Social Phobia/Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal (Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors)
  • Suspiciousness
  • Trauma
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Violence
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness
  • Other - not listed here