Chanin Santini
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
About Chanin
I’m a licensed therapist practicing in California and Pennsylvania with extensive experience supporting clients through a wide range of life challenges. My work centers on helping individuals navigate stress, anxiety, relationship dynamics, and intimacy concerns with compassion and skill.
I specialize in supporting clients with trauma, eating disorders, life transitions, and self-discovery. I’m particularly passionate about helping people work through communication patterns, isolation, shame, and attachment issues. I also have deep experience supporting LGBTQ+ clients, and I welcome conversations around sexuality, polyamory, and alternative relationship structures.
My approach honors the complexity of human experience—including workplace stress, family dynamics, grief, mood challenges, and identity questions. I work with clients facing postpartum transitions, gender dysphoria, sexual health concerns, and the unique pressures faced by first responders, military personnel, and caregivers.
I believe therapy works best when it’s collaborative, culturally responsive, and grounded in genuine connection. My goal is to help you build self-compassion, improve how you relate to others, and move toward greater authenticity and purpose in your life. I’m here to support you with warmth and without judgment, whatever brings you to therapy.
What Chanin helps with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
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- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
How Chanin works
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What clients say
- “Chanin is the best :)”
- “Chanin brings great energy and attention to each session. The ease of conversation makes it easy to be truthful and dive deep.”
- “Very decisive in her approach which is ideal considering time constraints.”
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- “My first session with Chanin was a great experience. Chanin gave me resources that I'm really hoping will help with I'm going through. I really look foward to what's in store and I'm fully committed to this process.”
- “She is awesome. Thoughtful, easy to talk to and has great input and just keeps it real, caring but challenges you.”
- “Chanin is so kind! She is a great therapist and is really good at listening to my needs, providing support, and challenging my thoughts. She wants me to continue to grow and loves setting goals, which is a great way to track my progress.”
- “Chanin just gets me. She understands my 3 areas that I’d like to work on and has already provided valuable insight. She’s very relatable. Highly recommended”
These reviews represent a few of the most recent positive reviews from the therapist's clients on BetterHelp. Some people's experience may be different.
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