Taryn Santos, LMHC

Taryn Santos is a licensed mental health counselor with 11 years of experience based in New York. She supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and struggles with self-esteem. Her work centers on practical steps clients can use day to day. She aims to be a steady presence while people work through hard changes.

Taryn focuses on clear, walkable goals rather than jargon. She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) alongside acceptance and attachment-focused work. Sessions often include learning new coping skills, shifting unhelpful thinking, and practicing small behavior changes at home.

Her background includes work with adults managing parenting strain, career crossroads, and the fallout from trauma or family conflict. She also helps people dealing with issues tied to adoption and foster care, aging, and blended family dynamics. She pays attention to how past relationships shape current patterns.

Taryn describes her style as empathic and straightforward. She listens closely, reflects what she hears, and then tests practical tools together with each person. The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People who reach out can expect an approach that mixes problem-solving with space to process hard feelings. Over time the work is aimed at clearer choices, healthier reactions, and more reliable day-to-day coping.

How these approaches translate to online care

Taryn commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her practice. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. ACT emphasizes values-based action and learning to accept difficult feelings while still moving toward a meaningful life.

She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions and connection patterns. That work can help when communication problems, codependency, or family of origin issues show up in adult life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. Together they track what helps and adjust the plan as needed.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and live chat or text messaging can fit into tight schedules or offer ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting, and other obligations.