CREVE COEUR COMMUNITY COUNSELING

If you need a new beginning, are trying to grow, and want to take hold of your treatment, Santianna is the counselor for you. 

Santianna is an empathetic, knowledgeable, and passionate clinical and mental health counseling intern. She has experience with intake assessments, psychological assessments, crisis intervention, case management, and diagnosis and treatment planning. You don’t have to have all the answers because figuring out the complex parts will be what we do together.

Treatment can consist of gaining new coping skills throughout your daily life, healing from past traumas, and achieving more profound self-awareness, self-compassion, and positive self-esteem. My approach centers on self-reflection, strong self- and social connection, and open communication as a means to growth and healing.

I will remind you that you, and only you, are the expert of your experiences. My role is that of a catalyst; for you to learn how to advocate for your autonomy with independence and connect to your truth with authenticity. Counseling is a space to find healing and experience growth and transformation in life. I would be honored to navigate this process alongside you! I am ready to walk through the fog with my clients to find their light.

Life has many challenges, both big and small. With so much going on, it can be difficult to live a mentally healthy life. My goal in counseling is to provide a safe and open space to work towards a healthier life. No matter what your struggles might be, I want to provide and judgment free zone to work towards your goals. We are emotional beings that often struggle to process our own emotions in a healthy way. Unfortunately, many of us are never taught on how to live a mentally and emotionally healthy life. Together, we can work together to achieve those goals. I am currently a masters grad student and am excited for the opportunities to work along side my clients to provide a healthier life.

While I welcome all clients, I do have extensive experience working with children in a variety of settings, but many children from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. In addition, I am particularly passionate about working with clients that have issues with grief, relationship issues, and self-esteem.

Counseling can be both intimidating and overwhelming. It is a process of working through heavy pain in order to lighten the load that you are carrying. I encourage you to try out counseling if you think it may benefit you, and I would be honored to walk alongside you in this journey.  

As a counselor, I aim to make sure my clients feel comfortable and safe. I take a strength-based approach and incorporate aspects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as well as Solutions Focused Therapy. I am passionate about the healing aspects of a therapeutic relationship. Through empathetic listening, and respect for the lens through which you see the world, I hope to help you experience growth and healing. I hope to empower you in your steps going forward, and help you to find inner peace.

I am currently a graduate student at the University of Missouri- St. Louis and I am open to seeing individual clients, couples, and families.

“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation” -Viktor Frankl

Counseling can come with many unknowns. Concerns and nervous feelings are normal and welcomed when starting this journey. My goal is to ease some of that worry and to support you as you take this next step.

As a counselor, I aim to create a welcoming and accepting environment where you can share and explore who you are, what you’ve experienced, and what your goals are for the future. I am of the belief that everyone can find healing and growth through the safe, supportive, and exploratory relationship that counseling fosters. 

In counseling, I value and honor all of the parts and identities that you will bring with you. I offer a safe and judgment free space for folks of all cultural backgrounds to share their experience. Due to having a background working in domestic violence, I recognize the importance of both autonomy and empowerment in our space together. I work from a trauma focused and person centered lens, with aspects and interventions from internal family systems (IFS). 

I look forward to hearing from you. 

““Perhaps,” said the man, “you would like to be lost with us. I have found it much more agreeable to be lost in the company of others.”

– Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane