Mariana Santeli
I am a clinically licensed bilingual mental health therapist at Pathways to Breakthroughs located in Maryland. For 13 years, I have provided compassionate strength-based therapeutic services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. I conduct diagnostic assessments and create treatment plans that will support and empower clients to manifest change in their lives. I value the importance of holding a safe space for clients to share and process their experience of life. Listening and helping clients find the way that works best for them is a privilege that I do not take lightly. I believe everyone needs a space to share, identify, process and determine “what now” as that is what helps us better manage our present and create our future.
I conduct diagnostic assessments and create treatment plans that will support and empower clients to manifest change in their lives.
First session
In our first session, I will ask questions that allow me to understand what led the client to seek therapy services. I will gather necessary information by conducting a comprehensive assessment which allows me to begin understanding the client as a whole in addition to the issue that led them to seek therapy.
Strengths
My strength as a licensed mental health therapist is my ability to connect with clients where they are in that moment of their life and explore their thoughts and feelings in a way that makes them feel understood while empowering them to be authentic with themselves about where they really are in a feeling or thought.
Ideal clients
I have experience providing therapy to adults, families, and adolescents. My clients are looking to process and work through known issues or are looking for safe space to talk through current and/or past experiences and how that has or is impacting their lives and find ways to cope with emotions and heal.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have found CBT treatment modality to be very effective when working with clients that have depression and anxiety. It allows clients to breakdown and explore the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It also allows us to explore triggers and helpful coping skills.
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
I find this treatment modality to be most effective with clients that are looking to overcome a specific problem or reach a particular goal and feel like they just need a little bit of help. With this modality I use different techniques and questions to help the client connect with strengths and resources they already have and have successfully leveraged in the past. It is a way of awakening and reconnecting them to the solutions/options that they already have floating around in their mind and/or heart.
Structural Family Therapy
I utilize the SFT modality to improve family dynamics and connections. I focus on the family system as a whole and the role each individual plays in the spoken and unspoken interactions amongst family members. This approach allows me to identify patterns and provide family members with different ways of relating while also becoming aware of the role everyone plays in the different interactions.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- MarylandLicense 19407