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Be Here Now Therapy.

Real people, ready to meet you.

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Lex E. Santí

LCSW, DSW-S

A clinician and researcher whose AMI framework guides mindfulness-based therapy for anxiety, life transitions and deeper questions.

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Molly Alexander

LMSW, Psychotherapist

Warm, attuned psychodynamic therapy for children, parents and adults at every stage of life, from school struggles to grief and trauma.

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Dr. Shona S. Craig

PT, DPT, Women's Health Coach

Coaching for women’s health at every life stage, building strength, embodiment and ease in your own body. Coaching, not therapy.

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​Licensed in New York • New Jersey • Delaware • Virginia

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Welcome

If you’re here, something in you is paying attention. We’re a small practice of real people who bring clinical training and mindfulness to the work of understanding your life. You don’t need to arrive with clarity. We can start with a conversation.

THERAPY

We offer therapy for individuals and couples in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia.

WORKSHOPS

We offer self-paced tracks on anxiety, mindfulness, writing and growth.

COACHING

We coach people through transitions, identity and growth. Goal-oriented, and not therapy.

RESEARCH

We study mindfulness and attunement through the AMI (Acceptance Motivation Inquiry) framework.

SUPERVISION

We supervise social workers toward the LCSW and consult with licensed clinicians.

WRITING

Explore our Substack and blog, with essays, fiction and poetry about the inner life.

CONSULTING

We design programs and trainings for colleges, clinics and organizations.

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How to Begin

Step - 1

Book a free 20-minute consult.

Step - 2

Step - 3

Talk with a clinician by phone or video. No forms first, no pressure.

Decide together whether and how to work.

Questions about cost? Fees & insurance

In network with Aetna, Cigna and Carelon through Headway.

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Clinicians who want to keep learning, we’d like to meet you.

SUPERVISION

Supervision toward the LCSW, treated as real clinical time.

About supervision

AMI CLINICIAN TRAINING

Learn the Acceptance and Motivation Inquiry (AMI) and the attunement that makes it work in the room.

About AMI training

TRANSPARENT PAY

One W-2 pay structure for every clinician. See your first year before you apply.

Open the pay calculator

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Featured work

BOOKS

The Song of the Midnight Rider · Novel, 2026

Best of Our Stories · Six anthologies, 2006 to 2012

Getting In(to) Therapy · Forthcoming

RESEARCH

The AMI Scale · A 30-question self-assessment

AMI literature review · PDF

Introducing the AMI Scale · Article

Reframing Mental Health Therapy · Article

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Frequently asked questions

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