Ginger Santiago, LMHC

Ginger Santiago is a licensed mental health counselor with 10 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and depression. She believes clients are the experts on their own lives and builds on each person’s strengths. Ginger offers steady support for people ready to take a first step toward change.

Her approach centers on listening first. She uses client-centered methods to make space for a person’s perspective and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is woven into sessions to help identify and change patterns that keep problems going.

Ginger also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people clarify what matters to them and find the motivation to try new strategies. Trauma-Focused Therapy is part of her work for those affected by traumatic experiences, including post-traumatic stress and sexual assault and abuse.

She has worked across many areas that affect day-to-day life, such as relationship strain, caregiver stress, workplace issues, parenting concerns, and major life transitions. Ginger pays attention to feelings like guilt, shame, anger, and low self-esteem and helps people develop clearer communication and coping skills.

Based in Florida, Ginger practices with a straightforward, strengths-focused style. She encourages practical steps that fit into busy lives and supports clients as they try new ways of coping and relating to others.

How Ginger’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building on your strengths. In practice this means the therapist asks open questions, reflects what she hears, and helps you set goals that matter to you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and uses clear exercises to try different responses that reduce anxiety or low mood.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Ginger will work with you to decide which methods fit your goals, preferences, and current situation. She adapts tools from different approaches so sessions match what you need in the moment and over time.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking, as formats are listed by the practice. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also make access simpler when balancing work, caregiving, or other daily demands. If you want to explore remote sessions, check the session options and schedule a time that works for you.