About Alan
Alan Wong is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 14 years of practice experience. He uses clear, hands-on methods to help people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and other challenges. He speaks English and offers sessions online in several formats to fit different schedules.
His primary method is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on practical changes to thoughts and behaviors. In sessions he breaks problems into steps and works with clients on doable strategies.
Background and approach
This approach is often used for worry, panic, sleep problems, and moods that get in the way of daily life. Alan has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, grief, and career strain. He also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment worries, and first responder issues.
He aims to meet each person where they are and tailor the plan to what they need right now. Sessions can include short skill practice, talk, and homework to try between meetings. He emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and practical tools that fit a person’s routine.
The tone in sessions is direct but compassionate, focused on making steady progress. For people juggling busy lives, Alan offers phone, video, chat, or text options. He works with individual adults across a wide range of concerns and helps them set clear goals and track small wins toward better functioning.
How CBT and online sessions fit together
Alan primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep problems, mood concerns, and stress by teaching short exercises and practical coping steps to practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss your goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what works and what feels useful. That collaborative process helps make sure sessions match your needs and daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can fit a short check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging let people keep progress going with brief check-ins, skill tips, or when they prefer written communication. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel while focusing on practical CBT skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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