top of page
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.

Discover actionable wisdom for reaching your goals.
All Posts


Literature Review: Acceptance and Motivation Inquiry
Literature Review Acceptance / Motivation Inquiry (AMI) Lex E SantÃ, LCSW, MFA Introduction Client engagement in psychotherapy is a...
Lex Enrico SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Sep 1917 min read
Â


Remembering Greg Eells, Six Years On
Reflection on Mourning in the Shadow of a Giant at Cornell By Lex Enrico SantÃ, LCSW, MFA On September 9, 2019, the Cornell community...
Lex Enrico SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Sep 83 min read
Â


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 SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Sep 34 min read
Â


So You Want to Start a Private Practice? Here’s the Roadmap (2 of 2)
Beginning your private practice, step-by-step... It's been 6 years since I started my private practice and I love it. If the first part...
Lex Enrico SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Aug 293 min read
Â


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 SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Aug 262 min read
Â


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 SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Aug 214 min read
Â


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 SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Aug 64 min read
Â


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 SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
Jul 233 min read
Â


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 SantÃ, LCSW, MFA
May 144 min read
Â
bottom of page





