Therapist profile
Ricardo Santiago, LMHC
Florida LMHC - Family and parenting focus
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting concerns
- Addictions and recovery
About Ricardo
Ricardo Santiago is a Florida Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 22 years of clinical experience helping adults navigate family and personal strain. He works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting concerns, and relationship issues including communication and commitment problems.
He focuses on concrete, practical help. Sessions often involve identifying patterns that create conflict at home. He helps people build clearer communication skills, manage strong emotions like anger, and set boundaries that fit their family life.
Ricardo has long experience supporting clients through life transitions. He assists with career stress, coping with change, grief over separation or divorce, and struggles tied to adoption or fatherhood issues. He also works with people facing trauma, abuse, and the aftereffects of substance use.
His work includes addressing attention difficulties, impulsivity, and the emotional fallout of guilt or shame. He helps clients examine how family of origin issues affect current relationships and decision making. Practical strategies and short-term goals are common parts of his sessions.
People who come for parenting concerns will find a focus on everyday parenting strain and fatherhood issues rather than family therapy sessions. Ricardo asks about current routines and pressures, then helps people test changes that can fit into busy schedules.
How sessions work
How evidence-based approaches guide online sessions
Ricardo uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and clearer daily functioning. One common approach emphasizes cognitive and behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors; this helps with anxiety, mood struggles, and impulsive reactions. Another approach centers on emotion regulation and communication skills training, teaching concrete ways to de-escalate conflict and express needs without sparking arguments.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through your goals, past attempts at change, and what feels doable in your life. Together you decide which techniques to try and adjust them as you learn what helps most.
Session formats were not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks or between obligations. It also allows some sessions to focus on quick skill practice, which can be easier to use at home afterward.
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Experience
22+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family or parenting concerns does he address?
He works with parents and adults on parenting strain, fatherhood issues, communication problems, and family of origin conflicts.
How would you describe his approach in sessions?
He uses practical, evidence-based techniques aimed at changing unhelpful patterns and improving everyday communication and emotion management.
How much experience does he have with these issues?
He has 22 years of experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, and parenting-related concerns.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - practicing in Florida.
Can I work with him if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and he is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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