Therapy

Beginning your private practice, step-by-step... It's been 6 years since I started my private practice and I love it. If the first part...

A therapist’s joy in small rooms with big conversations Lex E. Santi, LCSW, MFA One of the wonderful things about becoming a therapist —...

Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW MFA I tell this story a lot, purposefully, as beginning a meditation project is brutal and stories and while...

There was a moment in my life when everything on paper looked right. I had built a career I was proud of—one that had taken me around the...

Some thoughts about being a supervisor of others By Lex E. Santí, LCSW, MFA I didn’t become a therapist in the traditional way. In fact,...

Lex Enrico Santi, A Key Therapy LCSW, PLLC (With gratitude to Matt Kahn) In my practice, one of the teachings I return to most...

Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW MFA Walking in my woods in Trumansburg, NY. Photo credit: Jesse Winter I did not always want to be a...

Lex Enrico Santí, A Key Therapy LCSW, PLLC The intricate relationship between gut health and mental well-being has garnered significant...

Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA As a therapist working on a college campus, I see daily the battle between the heart and the mind play out in...

By Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW, MSW – A Key Therapy LCSW PLLC In an age dominated by technology, the challenges of mental health have...

How to Write a Letter to Someone Who Hurt You: A Guide to Letting Go Writing a letter to someone who has hurt you can be one of the most...

As children, across various cultures, races, and genders, many of us found ourselves competing in one simple game—holding our breath...

As the creator of the AMi (Acceptance/Motivation) Scale, I, Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA, am excited to introduce a groundbreaking tool...

Author: Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA Introduction Anxiety and depression, two of the most prevalent mental health conditions, are often...

Lex E Santí, LCSW, MFA Last summer I fell into 5 Days at Memorial on Apple TV—one of those late-night binges that sneaks up on you—but what the series opened in me was not casual entertainment. It was a revelation about a question I haven’t stopped turning over: what can an organization ask of a human being, and what should forever be beyond its reach? The show never frames itself as a meditation on work, on duty, on the slow erosion of the private self by institutional expe

Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA Abstract This research-based article underscores the critical role of motivation and acceptance in managing...

What would it mean to combine these two worlds? I have published 6 books of creative writing as an editor. Published fiction and poetry....

Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW, MFA I didn’t always know I’d be a therapist. In fact, my path here started with words—stories, poems, voices that...

When I work with men the question arises. How do I get over her? It's been a while since I thought about this but let me put some things...