Newton, MA
Newton
109 Oak Street Suite 201
Newton, MA 02464
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Newton, MA 02464
Brienna Santaniello
LMHC
Therapist
About Brienna Santaniello
Bri Santaniello, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor who works with children, adolescents, and young adults across a wide range of developmental stages, from early school age through college. She earned her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Suffolk University in Boston, MA, and has over eight years of clinical experience across inpatient, residential, school-based, partial hospital, and outpatient settings.
She is especially passionate about supporting clients as they navigate anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, stress, self-esteem challenges, and life transitions. Bri understands how important it is for clients to feel seen, heard, and understood, and she prioritizes creating a space where individuals can show up authentically and without judgment.
Bri’s style is warm, engaging, and relational, with a strong emphasis on building trust and connection. She believes meaningful progress in therapy begins with a strong therapeutic relationship and works to tailor treatment to each client’s unique needs, strengths, and interests.
Her approach is integrative and draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based practices, art-based interventions, and play therapy. She helps clients build coping skills, increase self-awareness, and develop confidence in managing challenges both in and outside of therapy.
Brienna can be found at the following location:
Visit Reasons:
Insurance Accepted:
- Independence Administrators
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: HMO
- 1199SEIU National Benefit Fund
- Aetna
- Aetna: Medicare
- Aetna: PPO/POS
- All Savers
- Allied Benefit Systems
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicare
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- ASR: Physicians Care Network
- Asurius Northwest Health
- AvMed
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicare
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- BCN/Blue Care Network
- BCN/Blue Care Network: Medicare
- Blue Benefit Administrators of Massachusetts
- Blue Cross of Idaho
- Blue Shield of California
- Blue Shield of California: Medicare
- Blue Solutions Administrator
- Capital Blue Cross
- Capital Blue Cross: Medicare
- CareFirst BCBS
- CareFirst BCBS: Medicare
- Carelon
- Carelon: Medicare
- CHAMPVA
- CHAMPVA: Medicare
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Commonwealth Care Alliance: Medicare
- CPN/Clearwater Provider Network
- Curative
- DMBA (Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators)
- EBMS
- Empire BCBS
- Encore Health Connect
- Eternal Health: Medicare Advantage
- Excellus BCBS
- Fallon
- Fallon: Medicare
- Farm Bureau Medicare Supplement
- First Health Network
- Florida Blue
- Freedom Network
- GEHA/Government Employees Health Association
- Golden Rule
- Gravie Administrative Services
- Harvard Pilgrim
- Harvard Pilgrim: Medicare
- Health Net Medicare Supplement
- Highmark BCBS
- Highmark BCBS: Medicare
- Horizon BCBS
- Horizon BCBS: Medicare
- HPI/Health Plans, Inc.
- Independence Blue Cross (IBX)
- Independence Blue Cross (IBX): Medicare
- Lucet: Medicare
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham
- MedCost: PPO
- Medica
- Medicare
- Meritain
- Mountain Health Co-Op
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev: Medicare
- Mutual of Omaha Medicare Supplement
- Network Health Plan
- Ohio State University Faculty and Staff Plan
- Optum
- Optum: Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford
- PacificSource
- PacificSource: Medicare
- Partners Direct Health
- Peak Health
- Point32Health
- Point32Health: Medicare
- Premera Blue Cross
- Railroad Medicare
- Regence Blue Shield
- Regence Blue Shield: Medicare
- Select Health
- Self Pay
- Southern Indiana Health Organization
- Spring Health: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- St. Luke's Health Plan
- State Farm Medicare Supplement
- Surest/UHC
- TRICARE East Region
- TRICARE East Region: Humana Military (Need Referral from PCP)
- Tufts
- Tufts: Medicare
- UFCW Local 1546
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare
- UMR
- UniCare: Medicare
- United Behavioral Health
- UnitedHealthcare Student Resources
- Uprise Health
- US Behavioral Health Plan California
- USAA Medicare Supplement
- VA Community Care Network/Optum
- Wellcare: Medicare
- Wellpoint/Unicare
- Wellpoint/Unicare: Medicare
- Wellsense
- Wellsense: Medicare
- Wisconsin Physician Services
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Federal Employee Program (FEP)
Therapy Types:
- Individual Therapy
Therapeutic Approaches:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Yoga/Breathwork
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Play Therapy