Dr. Brandon Santan, LPC

About me

When you're needing help, you want an experienced therapist on your side. As a licensed therapist with 15 years of experience, I have worked with patients with a wide range of mental health and relationship concerns. I specialize in anxiety issues (such as general anxiety, panic, fears, worries, phobias and OCD) and addictions.

I do NOT work with issues of Trauma or grief.

I am able to offer a relaxed, warm, inviting and safe atmosphere conducive to healing. I have a friendly and interpersonal style of counseling that is non-judgmental, respectful, sensitive, compassionate and accepting yet directive when needed.

My approach to counseling is holistic. That is, I address the entire person in all aspects: mental/emotional, physical and spiritual. A person is healthy when all three areas are healthy, synchronized and functioning in concert.

I will encourage you to learn, discover, understand yourself and the way that you see the world around you. I also will encourage you to proactively find paths to solving problems such as experimenting and evaluating possible answers and solutions and by stimulating interest into continued investigation of self.

I approach counseling with the idea in mind that you are best served when you can discover for yourself what’s best.

Although I use techniques and strategies from common therapeutic modalities such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy (DBT), I do not follow a one size fits all approach to treatment. Instead I will work to target your unique needs based on your unique history and situation to form an individualized treatment plan.

I will also attempt to get at the root cause rather than simply focus on the symptoms.

Every change process begins with a single step towards your goals. If you are ready to take that step I am here to support and empower you.

I look forward to working with you!

Professional experience

Additional areas of focus: Anger management, Depression, Coping with life changes, Phobias, Sex Addiction

Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy

License information

TN LPC 2471