Alejandro Holguin, LCSW
Compassionate, practical therapy for everyday challenges
Book with AlejandroWorks with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Alejandro works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Alejandro
Alejandro Holguin is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 13 years of experience. He helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and relationship struggles. He focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Alejandro aims to make sessions clear and direct so parents can read quickly and decide if this feels like a fit. He works with people facing depression, grief, trauma and substance concerns. He also supports those dealing with sleep problems, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Alejandro gives attention to attachment and family-related issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care, blended family challenges, and fatherhood concerns. His style blends structured tools and open listening. He uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, acceptance and commitment ideas, and attachment-focused work to help people notice patterns and try new behaviors.
Sessions often involve identifying unhelpful thoughts, practicing skills, and setting small goals to change daily routines. Alejandro frames therapy as a collaboration. He helps clients pick strategies that match their goals and values.
He pays attention to what feels realistic for each person’s life and household rhythms. Sessions are offered in English and are available online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Cost varies by location and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules based on the therapist's availability.
What Alejandro works with
Everything Alejandro lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Alejandro's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alejandro lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Alejandro Brings Therapy Online
Alejandro often uses cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance and commitment ideas to help people change unhelpful thoughts and take steps that align with their values. CBT focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and trying practical experiments to reduce symptoms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy encourages noticing difficult feelings without fighting them and committing to actions that match personal values.He also draws on attachment-based work to look at how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional patterns. That approach can be useful for people dealing with trust, connection, or fatherhood concerns because it highlights patterns people repeat in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and daily life before recommending techniques. Clients help decide which methods feel doable and relevant to their situation.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and shared exercises. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, brief skill practice, or ongoing support between appointments.
Questions people ask about Alejandro
What concerns does Alejandro help with?
He addresses stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship problems, trauma, grief, addiction issues, parenting and sleep problems among other concerns.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He combines structured skill-building with open listening and practical goal-setting. Sessions focus on noticing patterns and trying small, doable changes.
How much experience does he have?
He has 13 years of clinical experience working with mood, attachment, trauma, and parenting related concerns.
Where is Alejandro licensed and based?
He is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - practicing in California.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.