- Anxiety and stress
- Family of origin issues
- Grief and loss
About Taryn
Taryn Santos is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York with 11 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem concerns, relationship and family questions, and parenting challenges. Taryn also notes a focus on family of origin issues and related patterns that affect current life.
Her work is straightforward and conversational. Sessions often involve talking through what keeps a problem active now, recognizing repeated family roles, and practicing small changes that people can use between meetings. She uses several practical approaches, including cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance-based ideas, to help people manage feelings and make choices that match their values.
Taryn pays attention to attachment patterns that develop in childhood and how those patterns shape adult relationships. She helps people name recurring dynamics that trace back to family life and experiments with different ways of relating. This can include work on communication, boundaries, and coping with guilt or shame.
She draws on techniques from dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Client-centered principles guide the pace, meaning sessions tend to be paced by the person’s concerns and goals rather than a fixed agenda.
A number of additional focus areas are listed, such as adoption and foster care, blended family issues, addiction concerns, and aging-related topics. Those seeking help are invited to consider how past family patterns show up now and whether they want practical steps to change them.
How Taryn integrates approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and making committed actions that matter to the person. It helps with anxiety, depression, and living in line with what matters most rather than trying to eliminate difficult feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in early relationships and how they affect current bonds; it is useful for people noticing repeated roles or closeness and distance problems in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and suggest which methods to use. That process is collaborative and can include trying different techniques to see what fits best.
Confirm the exact session options before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Many people choose online sessions because they can fit meetings into a work break, avoid travel time, or use a shorter phone check-in when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Online work can also make it easier to practice skills between meetings and to bring real-life problems into a conversation about family patterns.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, parenting and related life changes.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a conversational, client-centered approach that follows the person’s pace and focuses on practical steps between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience as a practicing clinician.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a New York LMHC and practices with a New York location noted.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are accepted according to the therapist’s profile.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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