Alan Cochrane, LCMHC

Alan Cochrane is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) with 35 years of clinical experience based in Utah. He frames therapy as a shared journey and aims to help people reconnect with their inner sense of who they are. His style is warm, direct, and often lightened with humor to make difficult topics easier to face.

He draws on a range of approaches to meet different needs, including client-centered work and cognitive behavioral ideas. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings as well as deeper reflection on lifelong patterns. Alan encourages self-compassion while people learn new ways of responding to stress and relationship strains.

Many clients come for help with anxiety, stress, depression, relationship struggles, and addiction concerns. He also addresses issues such as attachment, codependency, intimacy problems, grief, and parenting challenges. Jealousy is listed among his areas of focus and can be discussed as part of relationship or individual work.

Alan blends talk-based work with mindfulness and elements of hypnotherapy and Jungian perspectives when appropriate. He helps people notice unhelpful patterns, try small changes, and build skills for coping with life transitions and emotional overwhelm. The goal is clearer self-understanding and more dependable choices.

Outside the office he enjoys hiking and spending time in nature. That influence shows in a relaxed, exploratory approach that values curiosity, courage, and creative expression.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Alan integrates client-centered work that centers the person’s experience and cognitive behavioral ideas that help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Client-centered work focuses on listening, validation, and helping people find their own answers. Cognitive behavioral methods break problems into patterns you can practice changing in daily life and are useful for anxiety, depression, and coping skills.

Alan also uses mindfulness practices to help people notice moment-to-moment experience and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness can support stress management, emotional regulation, and returning attention to chosen goals. He treats approach selection as a collaborative process and will work with each person to find what fits their needs, goals, and preferences over time.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session options before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so sessions are more practical. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to remote work, combining listening, behavioral experiments, and mindfulness exercises so progress continues even when meeting virtually.