Chanin Santini, LCSW
Licensed in California · 15 years in practice
Chanin Santini is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, intimacy concerns, and relationship challenges.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 131236 · expires June 2027
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW019281 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1326392945 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
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About Chanin
Chanin Santini is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, intimacy concerns, and relationship challenges. She meets each person where they are and focuses on practical steps that make daily life feel more manageable again. She uses a straightforward, person-centered style in sessions.
Conversations often focus on improving communication, managing strong emotions, and finding clearer ways to handle triggers from past trauma. Chanin also helps clients explore sexuality, body image, and identity questions in a nonjudgmental way.
Background and approach
With 15 years of experience, Chanin blends evidence-based techniques with a calm, steady presence. She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness to help clients notice unhelpful patterns and try new responses. Sessions can include skills practice, thought work, or gentle experiments to test different ways of coping.
People looking for help with addiction, codependency, or life transitions will find practical tools and direct support. She also offers guidance around fertility concerns, cancer-related stress, and the emotional fallout of separation or divorce. Discussions about kink, BDSM, and alternative sex culture are welcomed without shame.
Chanin works from California and holds an LCSW license. She conducts sessions in English and uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the client’s needs. To start, a short online questionnaire is used to match goals and scheduling preferences.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Chanin lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Intimacy-related issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Chanin names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
How Chanin Uses Therapy Methods Online
Client-centered therapy puts the client’s goals first and emphasizes listening and empathy, helping people name what matters and decide what to try next. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical techniques to change patterns that cause distress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, focuses on building skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal choices, which can help when strong emotions lead to conflict or impulsive behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Chanin will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. The approach can be adjusted over time based on what helps most, and clients are invited to give feedback throughout the process.
Online therapy offers flexibility for those juggling busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, skill practice, or when writing helps clarify thoughts. These options make it easier to use therapeutic tools consistently across everyday situations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Chanin commonly address?
She supports people dealing with intimacy issues, stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship struggles, trauma, anger, and low self-esteem among other concerns.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are client-centered and practical, often combining mindfulness and cognitive behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
Chanin has 15 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and relational difficulties.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds a California Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and practices from California.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.
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