Kris Santos LSW

Kristy Santos, LSW

Licensed Social Worker | Individual, Family, and Group Therapist

Kristy Santos, LSW, is a compassionate and dedicated Licensed Social Worker who brings nearly a decade of experience helping individuals and families navigate emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges. With a client-centered and trauma-informed approach, Kristy creates a safe, non-judgmental space where healing, growth, and self-discovery can take place.

Kristy provides individual, family, and group therapy, supporting clients across diverse backgrounds through evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based practices, and trauma-informed care. Her work focuses on empowering clients to build emotional regulation skills, improve communication, strengthen relationships, and enhance overall well-being.

Over the course of her career, Kristy has served in multiple roles across mental health and community-based settings. She has provided home-based therapy to children and families, delivered crisis intervention and case management, and supported clients coping with addiction, trauma, anxiety, depression, and behavioral disorders. Her experience includes working with youth in residential care, adults with serious and persistent mental illness, and families navigating difficult life transitions.

Kristy holds a Master of Social Work from Walden University and a Bachelor’s degree in Family and Child Studies from Montclair State University. She is licensed in the state of New Jersey and fluent in both English and conversational Spanish.

Driven by empathy, professionalism, and a deep passion for helping others, Kristy’s mission is to guide clients toward balance, clarity, and sustainable healing—one session at a time.

“Healing begins when we feel safe enough to be heard.”

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