About Alexandria
Alexandria "Alex" Tan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, depression, and compassion fatigue. She works with adults facing attachment worries, blended family strains, body image concerns, caregiver stress, and communication or control problems. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from California.
Alex brings seven years of clinical experience to her work as an LCSW. She has supported people with substance use challenges, family of origin problems, feelings of emptiness, and survivors of domestic violence.
Background and approach
Her background also includes helping first responders and people dealing with dependent personality traits or gender identity concerns. Her style is practical and collaborative. Alex focuses on clear steps you can try between sessions.
She encourages small experiments that test what helps and what does not. The emphasis is on learning skills, building insight, and making daily life feel more manageable. She draws from a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and tailors them to each person’s needs.
Therapy sessions might include working on communication skills, emotion regulation, problem solving, and rebuilding self-worth. Alex pays particular attention to caregiver strain and compassion fatigue when those issues come up. People who start with Alex can expect a straightforward, steady approach.
The tone is supportive and nonjudgmental while keeping goals in view. If someone wants to move toward clearer priorities and better coping, she helps map practical ways to get there.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Alex draws on practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking and building coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice thoughts that worsen anxiety or depression and then test new, more balanced ways of thinking. This approach works well for stress, low mood, and worry.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Those techniques help when strong feelings, impulsive responses, or relationship conflict make life harder. DBT skills are useful for managing overwhelming emotions and improving communication.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review concerns, goals, and preferences and then try techniques that fit the person's life. Plans are adjusted over time based on what proves helpful in day-to-day life.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a camera is inconvenient. Chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, skill coaching between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy schedules.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- 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