About Daphne
Daphne Santiful is a licensed clinical social worker with 32 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and on strengthening self-esteem during difficult transitions. She uses plain language and a calm, steady approach in sessions.
Daphne listens closely and helps clients name their goals. Then she and the client try straightforward strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve coping.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses relationship tensions, blended family issues, and caregiver stress. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, infidelity, and the loneliness that can come with big life changes. Daphne pays attention to how family patterns affect current choices.
Her clinical toolbox includes cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, and elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She blends these with client-centered listening and motivational interviewing to keep change realistic and doable. The focus is on small, sustainable shifts rather than quick fixes.
Daphne practices in North Carolina and brings decades of experience to each conversation. She aims to help people rebuild confidence, improve communication, and find clearer purpose in midlife or other transitions. Her style is warm, respectful, and goal-oriented.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, life purpose concerns, and coping with big transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions, then tests small changes to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices that reduce rumination and improve emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Daphne will work with each person to see which methods match their goals and preferences. She combines listening with practical planning so clients can try strategies and adjust them over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can be a quicker check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support shorter updates, homework review, or steady contact between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit care around work, family, and caregiving responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 32 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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