About Alejandro
Alejandro Holguin is a licensed clinical social worker with 13 years of experience in California. He focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Alejandro emphasizes clear, practical steps so people can begin feeling steadier in daily life.
He uses straightforward conversations to identify patterns that cause distress. Sessions combine thought-focused work with mindfulness and emotion-focused practices. Alejandro helps clients notice what matters to them and take small, manageable steps toward those values.
Background and approach
Many people seek him out for help with panic, low self-worth, grief, trauma, and changes that come with major life transitions. He also offers support for challenges tied to parenting roles, blended family dynamics, and addiction recovery. His work addresses both immediate coping skills and longer-term patterns like attachment and codependency.
In session, Alejandro aims for a collaborative, respectful tone. He listens for each person’s priorities and adapts techniques to match those goals. Practical homework and emotion-focused conversations are blended so people leave with tools to try between appointments.
Clients can expect a pace set by their readiness and goals. Alejandro frames therapy as a process of building skills and strengthening relationships with oneself and others. He brings steady support while helping clients practice new ways of responding to stress and anxiety.
How Alejandro’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking flexible action even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It helps people who feel stuck by shifting attention toward meaningful steps rather than fighting unwanted emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete techniques to change unhelpful patterns and reduce anxiety or depressive symptoms. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and reshaping emotional responses to improve connection and reduce relationship distress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Alejandro will talk with each person about goals and daily life, and then recommend a blend of techniques. He treats the choice of method as collaborative and revises the plan based on what helps most in real time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit a busy life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and emotion work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or video feels tiring. Live chat and text are practical for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or when a shorter format fits into a lunch break or shift change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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