Derron Santin, MFT

Specialties

What has been most meaningful in my work has been helping people develop a new relationship to the difficult parts of themselves. Once you get that your defenses are getting in the way of feeling more free and alive, you can create more choices for yourself, be more of yourself, and really step into your life and live it.

Much of my work centers around:

Couples Counseling;

Relationship issues;

Creating more choices for yourself;

Changing hurtful relational patterns;

Addictive behavior;

Men’s issues;

Anxiety;

Depression;

Meaningful and satisfying sexuality;

Body image;

Career dissatisfaction;

Feeling stuck;

Increasing creative energy

History

Established in 2005.

I began as a therapist at San Francisco State, interned at the Marina Counseling Center, and opened my private practice in 2008. Before that I was a social worker in San Francisco for many years. Well before that I was a person who listened, felt deeply, sought and provided compassion, and went into and found my way out of darkness. I found it natural to begin helping others. All my life I have come into contact with the most amazing teachers, and they have helped me open to love and deep inspiration all along the way.

Meet the Business Owner

Derron S.

Business Owner

Like many others, I spent a lot of time not paying close enough attention to my deepest truth, tuning in to others more than to myself. I found that this type of self-​neglect never worked for me, but created suffering instead. What has been transformational for me has been choosing to go toward, rather than avoid, the painful places. I’ve learned to go in and out of states of mind without becoming too attached to any one version of my story. The result is more freedom, more peace, more respect for life.