About Raquel
Raquel Santana is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing challenges with intimacy, self-esteem, and major life changes. She uses a compassionate, culturally aware approach and aims to help clients feel seen and understood. Raquel focuses on common struggles such as attachment patterns, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress.
She also supports people working through divorce and separation, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, questions about sexuality, and finding life purpose.
How Raquel works
She has five years of clinical experience and brings practical tools to sessions. Raquel encourages exploration of identity, self-love, and relationships in ways that reflect each person’s values and background. She aims for clear steps clients can try between meetings.
Raquel works with women, young adults, and LGBTQ+ people who want to address trauma, build healthier connection patterns, or navigate transitions. Her room is intended to be nonjudgmental and attentive to cultural differences. To begin, she asks people to consider what matters most to them and what they hope to change.
Raquel emphasizes developing insight alongside concrete skills so clients can move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
What Raquel works with
The areas below are the ones Raquel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How evidence-based methods guide online care
Raquel uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding attachment and improving emotional connection. That work helps people notice old relationship patterns, practice different ways of interacting, and build more satisfying connections. She also uses approaches aimed at improving self-esteem and coping with life transitions, which focus on identifying unhelpful beliefs and trying small, practical changes that make day-to-day life easier.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Raquel will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and then suggest techniques that fit those needs. Together they adapt the plan as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and useful.
If you are considering online work, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into a busy day, avoid travel time, and keep momentum between appointments. Online work also makes it easier to check in during life transitions or when schedules change, and it lets therapists focus on practical skills and real-world practice between meetings.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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