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LMHC, LPC

Sahntanyna Blackwell, LMHC, LPC

  • Experience20 years
  • LocationNew Jersey
  • Focus areasADHD, Relationship, and Family
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Sahntanyna

Sahntanyna Blackwell is a licensed clinician who blends client-centered collaboration with evidence-informed techniques to help people navigate relationship and emotional challenges. With LMHC and LPC credentials and two decades of clinical work, she brings sustained experience addressing concerns such as depression, bipolar disorder, grief, anger, addictions, and ADHD.

Background and approach

Her practice emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and practical support while tailoring treatment to each person’s situation. She focuses on repairing communication, rebuilding trust and intimacy, and strengthening self-esteem and motivation.

Sahntanyna adapts methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic approaches, solution-focused strategies, and motivational interviewing to create individualized plans that reflect clients’ goals. Based in New Jersey, she offers a warm, collaborative therapeutic style aimed at empowering people through transitions, family conflicts, loss, and complicated life stressors.

Clients can expect a thoughtful partner who prioritizes productive, problem-focused work alongside deeper exploration of patterns and attachment dynamics.

Integrating Practical Therapies with Online Access

Client-centered therapy places the client’s experience and goals at the center of the process, emphasizing empathy and collaborative planning to address issues like relationship distress, motivation, and self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be effective for depression, anxiety, and managing mood symptoms. Motivational Interviewing helps clarify personal reasons for change and build internal motivation, making it useful for substance use concerns and readiness to change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods or combination of methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress is made. This collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to both immediate problems and longer-term growth.

Online formats - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - increase flexibility for scheduling and make regular contact easier to maintain. These options let clients choose how they engage, whether they prefer real-time conversation or brief, ongoing messaging to reinforce skills between sessions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver focused, practical interventions while adapting pace and tools to each client’s circumstances.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Sahntanyna works with a broad range of relationship and emotional issues including intimacy-related concerns, family problems, self-esteem, grief, anger, addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, and ADHD. The additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment issues, blended family challenges, caregiving stress, and fertility or fatherhood concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is described as warm and collaborative, combining client-centered care with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, psychodynamic perspectives, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques. This mix supports both practical skill building and exploration of underlying patterns.
What is her clinical background and experience?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with diverse client needs and complex presentations such as dual diagnosis, substance use, psychiatric disorders, and multi-stressed families. That background informs a flexible approach to treatment planning.
Where is she licensed and located?
She practices in New Jersey and holds the following credentials: NY LMHC 012257 and NJ LPC 37PC00960400. These licenses reflect her training and authorization to provide counseling services in those states.
Does she work with clients in other languages or from other countries?
Sessions are offered in English only. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer for online work?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow flexibility in how people engage in therapy based on preference and need.
How does cost and payment work for therapy with her?
Cost varies depending on location and therapist availability. Sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability. This process helps match goals and logistics before the first session.

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

What Sahntanyna can help with

Sahntanyna Blackwell works with clients on relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes.

Sahntanyna works with diverse client populations.

Sahntanyna works with clients to improve relationship issues.

How Sahntanyna approaches therapy

Sahntanyna's clinical approaches include Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Internal Family Systems.

Experience and training

Sahntanyna is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in New Jersey, with 20 years of clinical experience.

Therapy style

Sahntanyna aims to support & empower you in that journey.