Alan Kahn is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices from Maryland.
01About Alan
Alan Kahn is a Licensed Professional Counselor who practices from Maryland. He focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related concerns. Alan speaks English and accepts international clients for online work.
He draws on a straightforward, honest style and aims to help people find clearer direction and regain a sense of agency in their lives. Alan emphasizes the relationship between client and therapist. He believes a strong working connection helps people rewrite painful or stalled life stories.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be practical and problem-focused while also addressing larger questions about meaning, purpose, and identity. With three years documented experience in this context, he draws on a broad background in counseling education and program leadership. He has taught courses in individual and group counseling and runs a human services program at a Maryland college.
That teaching role shapes the way he explains ideas and offers skills during sessions. Alan uses client-centered methods that follow the client’s pace and priorities. He also uses existential ideas to help people confront life choices and find personal meaning.
Together these approaches are aimed at reducing panic, social anxiety, shame, isolation, and the long-term effects of traumatic events. In practical terms Alan supports people through divorce and separation, guilt, life-purpose questions, and reactions to loss. He emphasizes honesty, direct feedback, and working together on steps that fit each person’s daily life.
02Credentials
- LPC (District of Columbia)
- License PRC14213 · expires April 2027
- LCPC (Maryland)
- License LC6417 · expires January 2027
- NPI
- 1770134124 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alan lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Grief
- Divorce and separation
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
Methods Alan names
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04Online support
How these approaches work online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening closely and following the client's lead. The therapist offers empathy and reflection so the client can name feelings, needs, and practical next steps; this approach helps with anxiety, shame, and relationship concerns. Existential Therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice, and responsibility. It invites clients to examine what matters most and to choose actions that fit their values, which can help with grief, life-purpose struggles, and feelings of isolation.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides whether sessions stay more client-centered, more existential, or combine elements from both.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a session needs to be more personal from ambient interruptions. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to check in between sessions, handle brief check-ins, or fit therapy into a busy day. These options help people keep continuity of care and fit counseling around work, school, or life demands.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Alan typically address?
He works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related issues. Additional focus areas include divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life-purpose questions, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and social anxiety.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a client-centered approach that follows the client's pace and priorities and an existential framework to examine meaning and life choices. Sessions are described as direct, practical, and focused on problem solving as well as deeper understanding.
What background does he bring to sessions?
His profile notes experience teaching and running a human services program at a college in Maryland, where he teaches individual, group, and counseling-related courses. That background influences his clear, educational way of explaining ideas.
What credentials and location are listed?
Credentials provided are LPC, MD, and LCPC. The therapist is based in Maryland.
Are sessions available in other countries or languages?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
Which session formats are offered?
He works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
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