About Alexandria
Alexandria "Alex" Tan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She explains things plainly and focuses on practical steps clients can use between sessions. Alex aims to help people feel steadier and more able to handle daily pressures.
She draws from several evidence-based therapeutic techniques to meet each person's needs. That can mean learning skills to manage worry, practicing ways to communicate more clearly, or looking at early relationship patterns that still affect life today.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what the client can handle. Alex has seven years of clinical experience in a range of settings including community mental health and work with people experiencing homelessness and substance use issues. She has supported people through burnout and caregiver strain, and she pays particular attention to compassion fatigue among helping professionals.
Her approach mixes skill-building and deeper exploration. Clients practice concrete tools such as coping strategies and communication techniques. They also have space to examine family of origin issues, attachment concerns, and patterns that keep them stuck.
People seeking help can expect clear goals, practical homework, and a steady focus on what matters to them. Alex works in English and offers online formats that let clients connect in ways that fit their lives.
How therapeutic approaches fit with online care
Alex uses well-established, evidence-based techniques to help with anxiety and stress in straightforward ways. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce worry and low mood. It helps people develop coping skills they can use day to day.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) involves noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choosing actions that align with personal values. This approach can help with feelings of emptiness, avoidance, and difficulty making changes.
Finding the right approach is a joint effort. The therapist will discuss options and tailor techniques to the client's goals, needs, and preferred pace. That collaboration helps decide whether to emphasize skill practice, deeper exploration, or a blend of both.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is low or a client prefers no video, and live chat or text messaging provide brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, and other life demands while keeping focus on progress and practical tools.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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