About
Aleth Santos LCSW
Passionate About Helping You Reach Your Therapy/Life Goals
Aleth is a client centered, goal oriented, strengths based Clinical Social Worker. She started her path to social services at a very young age and has worked with adolescent kids in high school, high risk adolescents in foster care, and families struggling with interpersonal issues. After graduating with her BA from Rutgers University, Aleth worked to challenge herself while trying, in her own way, to change the world. Aleth worked at a homeless drop in shelter called The Open Door in Manhattan as a Clinical Crisis Manager.
After working for the Open Door, Aleth transitioned to a clinical support specialist at Visiting Nurse Services of New York, meeting clients where they were at in the community to provide support and mental health services. It was her time working in New York City that taught her valuable skills in building trust and fast rapport with the most intricate clients. After moving to Florida in 2010, Aleth invested full time into her family, with her husband, taking some time off to learn a very different role. Stepping back into the workforce in 2015, Aleth started as an Adjunct therapist in a mental health and substance abuse facility. In three months was promoted to a primary therapist, specializing in family therapy, substance abuse and mental health issues. Aleth ran the Family weekend program and was later promoted to a Program Coordinator to help manage clients and staff at the detox, residential, PHP and IOP levels of care. After 5 years Aleth transitioned to another facility and specialized in intense therapy with clients and their families to achieve positive mental health and relapse prevention skills. Ultimately, before starting her own practice, Aleth was the Clinical Director of Operations at the PHP and IOP levels of care with over 100 clients and the entire medical and psychiatric team.
In addition to her professional accomplishments Aleth specializes in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, anxiety management, and coping skills for depression. Aleth loves working with couples for couples therapy, using modalities including but not limited to Emotion Focused Therapy, Rational Life Therapy and has been to Gottman training to incorporate these modalities into practice. Aleth has extensive experience working with clients who have had issues including but not limited to depression, anxiety, PTSD, codependency, bipolar disorder, self-esteem issues, healthy communication skills and substance abuse. She is well versed in chronic pain management, drug and alcohol addiction services, building self-worth, goal-oriented strategies, family systems, sex addictions and Motivational Interviewing. Aleth's strongest attribute is her ability to help clients feel uplifted, supported and understood. Her focus is making people feel comfortable to share anything without judgement, while providing empathy, understanding and direction. Aleth is also an excellent group facilitator for 2-200 people at a time. She utilizes the group dynamic in a way to promote insight and understanding outside of a clinical interaction. Aleth's group therapy and psychoeducation groups have been known to be fun, exciting, and very informative to all that attend. Aleth can utilize the group to encourage insight and illicit change in a way that is very unique and transformative.
My Certifications
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
My Qualifications
Master's Degree in Clinical Social Work from NYU
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Rutgers