Alex Blankenstein, LCMHC

Alex Blankenstein combines a life lived with purpose and a professional commitment to help others move beyond limiting stories. He is a devoted husband and father of three boys whose personal pursuits - from ultra-endurance racing and backcountry adventures to woodworking attempts and backyard chicken keeping - reflect a consistent appetite for challenge and creativity. These pursuits inform his therapeutic stance: a curiosity about what people can become when they clarify values, build self-regulation skills, and rewrite the beliefs that hold them back.

Clients find his approach grounded in practical, evidence-based steps aimed at reducing shame, strengthening self-trust, and cultivating growth. He works with teens and adults on issues including stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. He also focuses on attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, communication difficulties, fatherhood and men's issues, compulsive sexual behavior, and post-traumatic stress.

Alex describes his role as a merchant of hope who helps people step out of small stories, face fear, and grow into fuller versions of themselves. He holds the credential LCMHC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, reflecting formal training and state licensure to provide therapeutic care in Utah.

Evidence-informed approaches for online healing and growth

Alex integrates values clarification into therapy to help clients identify what matters most and use those priorities as a guide for change. This approach supports people who feel stuck or are navigating life transitions by translating core values into concrete goals and daily choices.

He also uses self-regulation strategies and belief-rewriting work to reduce reactivity and reshape limiting thoughts. These practical techniques teach emotional management skills and cognitive tools that are useful for anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and recovery after traumatic experiences.

Finding the right therapeutic method is part of the process and Alex approaches this collaboratively. He partners with clients to assess needs, goals, and preferences, then adapts techniques from evidence-based practices to fit each person’s circumstances and pace.

Online therapy with a licensed professional offers flexibility in how care is delivered - video sessions, phone appointments, live chat, or ongoing text-based messaging. This range of options makes it easier to maintain consistency, access support between sessions, and find a format that fits work, family, and daily life, while preserving the therapeutic relationship and progress toward goals.