About Christopher
Christopher Santos is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem concerns. He describes his work as respectful and compassionate. He aims to make the first step toward change feel possible and clear.
He keeps conversations direct and focused. Sessions are shaped around what each person says they want to change. He uses practical tools and gentle questioning to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding to hard feelings.
Background and approach
His approach draws on several methods, including cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thoughts, mindfulness practices to calm intense feelings, and client-centered listening to make sure each person is heard. He also applies emotionally-focused ideas when relational feelings are central to the problem. Christopher has three years of professional experience as a Pennsylvania LPC - licensed professional counselor.
That experience has included helping people cope with life changes, grief, addictions, relationship and family concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue. In sessions he aims to be practical and collaborative. People can expect clear goals, homework when useful, and regular check-ins about progress.
He adapts pacing and tools to each person's needs and goals. All work is offered in English and arranged to fit each person's schedule. Christopher helps people take steady steps toward feeling better and managing everyday pressures.
Approaches that suit online therapy
Christopher blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel understood and can make their own decisions. CBT offers concrete tools and steps for anxiety, stress, and mood challenges.He also uses emotionally-focused ideas to address intense relational feelings and mindfulness practices to teach simple ways to calm the body and notice emotions without reacting. These approaches can help with trauma reactions, anger, grief, and problems that come up in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Christopher works with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust strategies if something is not helping. That collaborative process helps tailor care to the individual's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer therapy sessions and face-to-face discussion. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or support between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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