About Alexander
Rev. Alexander Yoo is a licensed marriage and family therapist who aims to help people find relief from anxiety and life stress. He offers straightforward conversation and practical guidance for people facing grief, relationship strain, addiction, depression, or confusing life changes.
He meets people where they are and tailors sessions to immediate needs. With 26 years of experience, he blends questions about meaning with concrete steps for change. He draws on Existential Therapy to look at purpose and choice, and on mindfulness to develop calmer day-to-day habits.
Background and approach
EMDR and Jungian ideas can be part of work when past trauma or deep personal meaning is central. He describes his role as sometimes coaching and sometimes listening, depending on what a person wants that day. Sessions can include feedback, practical suggestions, or longer conversations about values and identity.
Spiritual or religious questions are welcome but never required; he has a Master of Divinity and experience as a hospice chaplain. His approach aims for clarity and relief rather than long lists of exercises. He helps people consider small changes that make daily life easier and examines the bigger life questions that keep coming up.
He also works with concerns such as eating and body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and compassion fatigue. Based in California, he uses language in plain terms and avoids jargon. People who prefer a mix of meaning-focused talk and practical coaching may find his style a good fit.
Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and what matters most to a person. It helps when someone is facing big life questions, unclear direction, or feelings of emptiness. EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - is a method sometimes used to address traumatic memories by processing difficult experiences in focused sessions. It can be helpful when past events continue to cause distress.The therapist views finding the right approach as a collaborative process. He will talk with a person about goals and preferences and recommend which methods to try. Together they adjust pace and techniques so the work fits the person's needs and comfort level.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer quick access for brief exchanges or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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