About Sidney
Dr. Sidney Dang combines a practical, client-centered approach with several evidence-based methods to help people manage stress, ADHD, anxiety, and other concerns. He keeps sessions focused on clear skills and small steps that fit into everyday life.
Dr. Dang is a UT Psychologist (9434459-2501) with 14 years of experience and works with adults on issues that interfere with daily functioning and relationships. He uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns.
Background and approach
That helps people understand why they may react strongly in close relationships. He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in real situations. Client-Centered Therapy shapes how he listens in sessions - the person leading the pace and goals of therapy.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are introduced when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, or impulsivity become urgent concerns. Existential ideas come into play when people are wrestling with meaning, purpose, or values. Dr.
Dang has worked in independent practice, community mental health, residential treatment, hospitals, and schools. He has published and presented on trauma, multicultural approaches, and using expressive culture in therapy. These experiences inform how he tailors sessions to each person's life.
Sessions typically focus on concrete skills, behavioral experiments, and honest conversation. People often leave with a clear plan they can try between meetings and a shared understanding of what comes next.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships influence current reactions and closeness. Online sessions using this approach help people notice patterns in how they relate to others and practice new ways of connecting. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot automatic thoughts and try practical behavior changes; online CBT often includes simple homework and real-world experiments discussed during video or phone sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides concrete skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance and can be taught in short modules during messaging, live chat, or sessions.Finding the right combination of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what fits their goals and daily life. That plan can change as progress is made and new issues arise, and the therapist will adapt methods to what helps most.
Online formats offer flexibility for different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and practicing skills in the moment. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or on-the-go conversations are needed. Live chat and text messaging allow quick check-ins, brief coaching, and step-by-step skill reminders between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or school routines while keeping focus on practical skill building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Utah
- Languages
- English
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