About Sidney
Dr. Sidney Dang uses a client-centered approach to help people manage anxiety and stress. He focuses on practical skills and steady presence in sessions.
He aims to make therapy direct and straightforward for people under pressure. He draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thoughts and change unhelpful habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when strong emotions and impulsive behavior get in the way of daily life.
Background and approach
Sidney has 14 years of experience working in independent practice, community mental health, residential treatment, hospitals, and schools. He has written about how diagnostic labels can hide trauma and contributed a chapter about using hip-hop culture in therapy. That background shapes a culturally aware and practical stance in sessions.
Sessions focus on concrete goals such as reducing panic, improving sleep, or managing addictive behaviors. He will teach skills, talk through setbacks, and adjust plans to fit what actually helps a person day to day. Dr.
Dang holds the credential UT Psychologist 9434459-2501 and practices in Utah. Sessions are offered in English and he uses a straightforward, collaborative style to help people build coping skills and move toward clearer routines and healthier habits.
How therapy approaches adapt to online care
Attachment-based work pays attention to patterns from past relationships and how they affect today's reactions. Online sessions can use this approach to notice those patterns, practice new ways of relating, and test small changes in real time. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and meeting the person where they are; online formats can preserve that open, collaborative tone while focusing on what the client wants to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is task-oriented and teaches steps to change thoughts and behaviors. CBT adapts well to video or phone sessions where homework, thought records, and behavior experiments are planned and reviewed.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments are made as progress or obstacles become clear, so the plan evolves based on what helps.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and teaching skills. Phone calls are useful when lower bandwidth or being off-camera helps. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions or have shorter, focused check-ins. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to practice skills in real-life moments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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