About Alan
Alan Hoffman is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 25 years of clinical experience. He focuses on clear, practical help for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward. His approach is conversational and down-to-earth to make first sessions easy to get through.
Alan uses straightforward methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gottman Method to teach skills that can be practiced between sessions. He often gives short exercises, readings, or videos so people can try new ways of coping between visits.
Background and approach
Sessions aim for practical changes rather than long, abstract discussions. He works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationships, parenting, self-esteem, and depression. Additional areas he addresses include adoption and foster care, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family issues, codependency, substance use, and family of origin problems.
He also helps with guilt, shame, infidelity, isolation, life purpose, men's issues, and veteran-related concerns. Alan draws on his life experience as a spouse, parent, and U.S. Army veteran to connect with people in plain language.
His style is goal-oriented and often short-term, focusing on clear steps toward change. He prefers solutions that fit into busy lives and that can show results between sessions. Based in Washington, Alan offers sessions in English and uses a mix of conversation and practical homework to help people make steady progress.
He encourages an initial meeting to talk about goals and see if his way of working feels like a good match.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Alan uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT often includes simple practices and short assignments that people can do between sessions to reduce anxiety and boost mood. He also works with the Gottman Method to improve communication patterns and manage relationship conflict through concrete exercises and shared practices couples can try at home.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, needs, and preferences and together decide which methods fit best. That plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, coaching-style prompts, or maintaining momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to practice skills in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
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