Marlana Santiago, MA, LCADC, CCS

About

Drug & Alcohol Counselor in Kearny, NJ. Works with Alcohol Use, Addiction and Anxiety. Sees clients in person and online. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Depression
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Helps people make room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, and commit to actions that fit what matters to them.
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Dialectical Behavior (DBT)A skills-based therapy grown out of CBT. Teaches ways to manage intense emotions, get through crises, stay present and handle relationships.
• EMDREye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. A structured trauma therapy in which a person recalls distressing memories while following side-to-side eye movements or taps.
• Family / MaritalTherapy with couples or families together, focused on communication, conflict and the patterns between people.
• Family SystemsSees a person as part of their family as a whole, and explores roles, patterns and communication across the family rather than one person's problems alone.
• Internal Family Systems (IFS)Sees the mind as made of different 'parts', and helps people understand and care for them from a calm, compassionate core 'Self'.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• InterventionHelp planning and running an intervention, where family and friends come together to encourage someone, often with an addiction, to accept treatment.
• Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)Combines mindfulness practice, paying attention to the present moment without judgment, with ideas from cognitive therapy.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• NarrativeHelps people separate themselves from their problems and retell the stories they hold about their lives in ways that feel truer and more helpful.
• PsychoanalyticThe tradition that began with Freud. Explores unconscious thoughts and feelings, often through free association, sometimes with several sessions a week.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Both in-person and online

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Alcohol Use, Addiction, Anxiety, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Depression, Dual Diagnosis, Narcissistic Personality (NPD), Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD), Psychosis, Self Esteem, Stress, Trauma and PTSD

Insurance

Aetna, Anthem, BHS | Behavioral Health Systems, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, BlueCross and BlueShield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Centene, Cigna and Evernorth, ComPsych, First Health, Florida Blue, Government Employees Health Association (GEHA), Magellan, MagnaCare, Meritain Health, MHNet Behavioral Health, MultiPlan, MultiPlan Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), New Directions | Lucet, Optum, Oxford, Sentara Health Plans, TRICARE, United Medical Resources (UMR), UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH, WellCare, Wellpoint, Zelis Healthcare

Ages

Adults

Works with

Individuals, Group

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education & qualifications