Laisa M. Cruz Santiago, M.A., LMHC, is a bilingual (English/Spanish) Mental Health Counselor dedicated to helping adolescents and adults navigate emotional and psychological challenges with compassion, clinical expertise, and evidence-based care. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of mood disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma-related concerns, ADHD, adjustment disorders, emotional dysregulation, and life transitions. Her clinical background includes extensive experience in crisis intervention, suicide risk assessment, diagnostic evaluations, and comprehensive behavioral health assessments across outpatient and crisis care settings.
Laisa's therapeutic style is collaborative, client-centered, and tailored to each individual's unique needs, drawing primarily from psychodynamic principles while thoughtfully integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Person-Centered Therapy, Trauma-Informed Care, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to provide individualized, evidence-based treatment. She believes that lasting change begins with understanding the underlying patterns, relationships, and life experiences that shape emotional well-being while equipping clients with practical tools that facilitate recovery, growth, and longterm emotional wellness. Laisa is committed to creating a safe, culturally responsive, and emotionally attuned therapeutic environment where clients feel genuinely understood and supported. She believes that the therapeutic relationship itself is a powerful catalyst for change and strives to help individuals develop healthier relationships, strengthen emotional resilience, and achieve greater authenticity, balance, and psychological well-being.