About Alan
Alan Cochrane is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in Utah with 35 years of clinical experience. He draws on a long career supporting people through stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and major life changes. He aims to be a calm, steady guide while people explore painful patterns and find more workable ways to live.
He begins by listening closely to what matters to each person. Sessions focus on practical steps and self-awareness rather than jargon.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward conversation, gentle challenge, and compassion to help people notice habits that cause pain and try new responses. Alan integrates several approaches to match a person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Client-centered methods prioritize the person’s experience and goals. He also draws on mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and hypnotherapy where appropriate. His work often addresses relationship and attachment issues, codependency, communication problems, abandonment concerns, and intimacy struggles.
He also helps people dealing with addiction, impulsivity, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue. The focus is on real-life coping skills and clearer choices. Outside the office he enjoys hiking and time in the red rock landscapes of southern Utah.
That background feeds a practical, grounded style in session. People who want a warm, direct, and often humorous guide may find his way of working helpful.
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Alan commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness. Client-centered work means the conversation centers on the person’s experience and goals, helping them feel heard and clearer about next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and offers concrete skills to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression. Mindfulness practices teach attention skills and simple exercises to reduce reactivity and manage stress.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals, and what methods feel comfortable. Together they decide which tools to try and adjust the plan as progress and preferences become clearer.
Online sessions make these approaches more convenient. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break or a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging lets someone check in, share brief updates, or get short coaching between sessions. These options help people access consistent support while juggling daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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