Alexander "Alex" Dannin, LMFT

Alexander "Alex" Dannin is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in San Diego, California, with 10 years of professional experience. He works with people who want to restore balance, rebuild confidence, and navigate life transitions. Alex approaches emotions as meaningful signals rather than problems to be erased, helping clients understand how feelings like anger, sadness, and fear point to underlying beliefs and unmet needs.

He focuses on identifying the thoughts and patterns that contribute to distress and then collaborates with clients to adjust thinking, behaviors, and actions so they can reconnect with a sense of worth and capability. His work often centers on relationships, self-esteem, career and workplace concerns, stress and anxiety, family dynamics, anger, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas of focus include communication difficulties, control issues, feelings of emptiness, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, men's issues, midlife concerns, financial stress, and self-love.

Alex draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy and adapts these methods to each person rather than applying a single rigid model. He also integrates principles of Human Design to offer extra perspectives on strengths, patterns, and life direction. Before transitioning into mental health, Alex held roles in IT and finance, and he has experience working with diverse groups such as active-duty military, first responders, corporate professionals, retirees, young adults, and people experiencing homelessness.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Alexander "Alex" Dannin commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy in his online practice. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, allowing the client to lead sessions while the therapist provides support and validation - it helps when someone needs a steady, accepting space to explore identity, relationships, and self-worth. CBT focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, making it useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and work-related difficulties by teaching practical tools to change patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on strengths and small, achievable changes, helping clients move toward clear goals when they are looking for actionable steps or relief from specific problems.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Alex works with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and he adjusts techniques over time based on what proves most effective. This flexible, client-focused stance helps tailor care to individual circumstances.

Online therapy with Alex is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations while preserving a consistent therapeutic relationship.