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A key therapy blog
Thoughts, ruminations, recommendations from a mindfulness therapist. My life has been a mix of literary exploration, government work, and global education. My journey has taken me across the world—from working with street children in Romania to teaching in South Korea—before returning home to focus on crisis management and therapy.

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Query Letters, Rejection, and the Midnight Rider
A Field Guide to Agents, Queries, and Other Creative Punishments Lex E. Santi, LCSW, MFA At one point in its life, Song of the Midnight...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
18 minutes ago4 min read


So You Want to Start a Private Practice? Here’s the Roadmap (2 of 2)
Beginning your private practice, step-by-step... A step-by-step guide for therapists ready to go independent. If the first part of this...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
5 days ago3 min read


Why I Love Having a Private Practice (And Why You Might Too) (1 of 2)
A therapist’s joy in small rooms with big conversations Lex E. Santi, LCSW, MFA One of the wonderful things about becoming a therapist —...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
Aug 262 min read


Gatekeeping and Deportation
On Latinidad, fear, and who gets to belong I saw this meme recently — a hand-drawn fortress surrounded by moat after moat, each layer...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
Aug 214 min read


The Meditation That Got Derailed by a Trip to Wegmans
Lex Enrico Santi, LCSW MFA I tell this story a lot, purposefully, as beginning a meditation project is brutal and stories and while...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
Aug 64 min read


How a Simple Worksheet Helped Me Find My Life’s Purpose
There was a moment in my life when everything on paper looked right. I had built a career I was proud of—one that had taken me around the...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
Jul 233 min read


One App to Rule Them All? My Quiet Realization About ChatGPT—and What It Might Mean for the Rest of Us
Lately, I’ve realized how much I rely on ChatGPT—not just for writing or research, but for things like fixing my pool filter, ID’ing...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
May 144 min read


A Supervision Journey: From Listening to Liberation
Some thoughts about being a supervisor of others By Lex E. Santí, LCSW, MFA I didn’t become a therapist in the traditional way. In fact,...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
May 84 min read


The Will of the Heart: Releasing the Fear of “What If”
Lex Enrico Santi, A Key Therapy LCSW, PLLC (With gratitude to Matt Kahn) In my practice, one of the teachings I return to most...
Lex Enrico Santí, LCSW, MFA
Apr 293 min read
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