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A Key to Something
Where therapy meets writing.
Essays and reflections on mindfulness, identity, and the practice of paying attention — from Lex E. Santí, LCSW, and the A Key Therapy team.
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So You Want to Start a Private Practice? Here’s the Roadmap (2 of 2)
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...
Lex Santí
Aug 29, 20253 min read
Why I Love Having a Private Practice (And Why You Might Too) (1 of 2)
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 Santí
Aug 26, 20252 min read
Gatekeeping and Deportation
On Latinidad, fear, and who gets to belong I saw this meme recently — a hand-drawn fortress surrounded by moat after moat, each layer...
Lex Santí
Aug 21, 20254 min read
Gaza, Grief, and the Ghosts of Our Wars
Lex E Santi, LCSW, MFA In the days after 9/11, there was a feeling in the United States that something irreversible had cracked open, not just buildings, not just lives, but the idea that war could ever be clean, swift, or justified by pain alone. We have been collectively fighting that system of fear and terror ever since. What followed: Afghanistan, Iraq, drone strikes, proxy wars, black sites, enhanced interrogations, the blank check of homeland security — taught us that v
Lex Santí
Aug 15, 20254 min read
The Meditation That Got Derailed by a Trip to Wegmans
Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW MFA I tell this story a lot, purposefully, as beginning a meditation project is brutal and stories and while...
Lex Santí
Aug 6, 20254 min read
How a Simple Worksheet Helped Me Find My Life’s Purpose
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...
Lex Santí
Jul 23, 20253 min read
One App to Rule Them All? My Quiet Realization About ChatGPT—and What It Might Mean for the Rest of Us
Lately, I’ve realized how much I rely on ChatGPT—not just for writing or research, but for things like fixing my pool filter, ID’ing...
Lex Santí
May 14, 20254 min read
A Supervision Journey: From Listening to Liberation
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 Santí
May 8, 20254 min read
The Will of the Heart: Releasing the Fear of “What If”
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 Santí
Apr 29, 20253 min read
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