About Darryl
Darryl Khan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Hawaii who uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. He brings 20 years of experience to sessions and focuses on clear, doable steps rather than jargon. He works with people facing trauma, addiction, grief, parenting strain, relationship problems, and intimacy-related concerns.
He also helps with attention-related struggles, bipolar mood issues, and burnout or compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Phobias are one of the concerns he lists among his focus areas. His approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach skills for managing thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. He also uses Existential Therapy to help people find meaning and personal direction during difficult transitions.
Darryl has spent many years supporting people connected with child welfare, family court, and public safety systems. That background informs how he talks through system-related stress and caregiving strains. He aims to make sessions interactive and culturally aware.
Sessions focus on practical tools such as coping plans, communication skill-building, and step-by-step strategies for addiction recovery or mood management. He emphasizes collaboration and sets goals you can try between meetings. The overall aim is improved day-to-day functioning and clearer choices.
He offers therapy in English and provides sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. His practice follows a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Darryl draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes that can reduce anxiety or depression. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, often using homework and tracking to notice what helps.He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer interpersonal communication. DBT techniques can be useful for strong mood swings, anger, or relationship conflicts. Existential Therapy is used at times to talk about life purpose, values, and how to make meaningful choices during transitions.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and will adjust techniques as new needs emerge. Collaboration helps set concrete goals and practical steps to try between sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and messaging suit shorter exchanges, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to continue work when travel or location changes occur.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Hawaii
- Languages
- English
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