About Daphne
Daphne Santiful helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and major life changes. She focuses on everyday struggles such as parenting pressures, feeling isolated, and the wear of caregiving. Daphne uses a straightforward style that aims to make therapy feel manageable and practical.
She listens first and asks simple questions to understand what matters most. Daphne draws on 32 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW.
How Daphne works
She blends talk-based methods with concrete tools people can use between sessions. In sessions she might help a person spot unhelpful thought patterns and try small behavior changes. She also works with values and acceptance strategies to help people move toward what matters to them.
Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce overwhelm and increase focus in daily life. Daphne has experience helping people navigate family problems, blended family issues, and communication difficulties. She also addresses breakup and divorce concerns, codependency, jealousy, and forgiveness work.
Her background includes supporting those facing midlife questions, emptiness, and finding life purpose. Therapy with Daphne is collaborative and paced to fit individual needs. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose the format that fits their schedule.
Sessions are provided in English and are based in North Carolina.
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What Daphne works with
The areas below are the ones Daphne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 32 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and move toward what matters to them despite those thoughts. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and making changes tied to personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. It often involves small experiments and homework to build new habits. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and acceptance; the therapist supports the person in finding their own solutions rather than directing them.Finding the right fit is part of the work. Daphne will collaborate with each person to choose which approaches match their goals and comfort level. She adjusts methods over time based on how someone responds and what feels most useful in practice.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, so people can pick what works with their day. Video lets for richer interaction, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and brief check-ins work well by chat or text between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to keep therapy regular and fit it around work, school, or caregiving demands.
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