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LMHC, LPC

Sahntanyna Blackwell, LMHC, LPC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationNew Jersey
  • Focus areasRelationship, Family, and Intimacy-related issues
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Sahntanyna

Sahntanyna Blackwell is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Licensed Professional Counselor with two decades of clinical experience. She blends relational and intrapsychic approaches to help clients navigate relationship struggles, family conflicts, intimacy concerns, mood disorders, addiction recovery, grief, and life transitions.

Background and approach

Her work often addresses attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, and communication or control challenges. Using a collaborative and warm stance, Sahntanyna draws from Internal Family Systems, cognitive-behavioral techniques, psychodynamic perspectives, motivational interviewing, and client-centered methods to shape individualized care.

She focuses on practical skills such as communication and motivation while exploring deeper patterns that influence emotions and behavior. Sahntanyna emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion as she supports clients through divorce, fertility and fatherhood issues, domestic violence impacts, and other complex family-of-origin concerns.

Based in New Jersey, she holds NY LMHC 012257 and NJ LPC 37PC00960400 and offers a flexible approach to treatment that adapts to each person’s needs and goals. Her aim is to empower clients to build confidence, restore trust, and pursue more fulfilling relationships and personal well-being.

Integrating therapeutic models for online healing

Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a way to explore the different parts of a person’s inner world, helping to identify protective roles and wounded parts that influence relationships and mood. It can be useful for people dealing with complex family dynamics, shame, or recurring emotional patterns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, nonjudgmental listening, and building a trusting therapeutic relationship so clients feel heard and can discover their own solutions; it supports growth in self-esteem and interpersonal confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, providing concrete tools for managing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and impulsive or maladaptive coping.

Finding the right blend of these approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their goals, challenges, and preferences, adjusting strategies over time to support meaningful progress.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and choose the format that feels most comfortable for exploring relationship issues, mood concerns, or family work.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Sahntanyna address?
Her practice covers relationship and family issues, intimacy-related concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, anger, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD, along with specific topics like attachment, abandonment, blended family issues, and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a warm, collaborative approach that blends Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, and motivational techniques to balance practical skill-building and insight-oriented work.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 20 years of clinical experience working with diverse presentations, including mood disorders, substance use concerns, family conflict, and relationship challenges.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is licensed as an LMHC in New York (NY LMHC 012257) and as an LPC in New Jersey (NJ LPC 37PC00960400) and practices from New Jersey.
Does she provide services in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Her practice is conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats does she offer?
Sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsGriefAnger managementBipolar disorderDepressionADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

20+ years

Licensed

New York, New Jersey

Languages

English