About Alexander
Rev. Alexander Yoo welcomes people who are looking for practical help and clearer direction.
Background and approach
He introduces himself simply and offers a straightforward option: listening, coaching, or a mix of both depending on what someone needs that day. He aims to help people find relief, clarity, and a sense of meaning during life transitions and ongoing stress.
He brings 26 years of experience and holds a Master of Divinity (MDiv) and a Master of Arts, alongside a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) credential. He also has background as a hospice chaplain and is comfortable including spiritual or religious themes when desired.
Sessions are offered in English. In sessions he focuses on big questions about purpose and meaning while also addressing immediate problems like anxiety, grief, stress, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
He works with people facing trauma, addiction, body image and eating issues, bipolar and mood concerns, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. He also supports those navigating attachment wounds, abandonment, blended family stress, and chronic illness.
His methods combine existential thinking with mindfulness practices and tools from Jungian therapy and EMDR when appropriate. He also uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify goals and take practical steps toward change.
Treatment choices are discussed together so the work fits each person’s needs. To begin, a simple matching process helps connect clients and then visits are scheduled according to availability.
For those who prefer online options, sessions can be held by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Approaches That Translate Well to Online Care
Existential therapy focuses on questions about meaning, purpose, and identity. It encourages people to talk about values and choices, and it can help when life changes or loss leave someone feeling unmoored.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is a structured method for reducing the intensity of traumatic memories. In online sessions it can be used to target specific disturbing memories or flashbacks and support symptom reduction when indicated.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, history, and preferences to choose methods that fit each person's needs. Choices are collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and maintain a close therapeutic connection. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be simpler during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging supports short check-ins, written reflection, and people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting sessions into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English