Only you can do it, but you can’t do it alone.

Professional therapy services for professionals, men, and couples ready to tackle anxiety, addiction, burnout, and relational conflicts.

Anxiety

Burnout

Men’s Issues

Relationships

Perfectionism

Leadership

Divorce

Trauma

Addiction

Hi, I’m David.

Nice to meet you.

I’m glad you’re here.

Look, I understand people don’t browse therapists’ web pages because things are going swimmingly in life. And for people who are used to being independent and in control, reaching out for help is like speaking a language you don’t know while jumping out of an airplane.

The fact of the matter is that doing things the way you’ve been doing them has gotten you where you are today. In some ways, I’m sure that’s cause for celebration. Kudos. However, the world is always changing around us. People come and go. We go through different seasons of life. Our bodies and minds change over time. And so, we learn and adapt.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • I work very hard to maintain a balance between evidence-supported treatments and responsiveness to your unique experiences. We won’t reinvent the wheel, but we won’t work straight out of a workbook either.

    Once we meet and I have an opportunity to hear your story, we will choose a path forward based on your strengths, abilities, needs, and preferences. Regardless of the specifics, you can look forward to developing greater insight into your situation and gaining new emotional experiences.

    Since I specialize in treating a particular set of issues with many recurring themes, I do have a set of “workhorse” theories and techniques, some more general and some branching into narrowly targeted interventions.

    • Attachment theory is a strong base for personal and relational work. Attachment comes through in many other modalities like Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and interpersonal process-based therapy.

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is broadly applicable with many different specialized offshoots. I often refer to Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for integrating traumatic experiences. I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; pronounced “act”) for tolerating and getting through challenging situations.

    • I consider dialectical thinking, which is a process of synergizing two or more dissonant ideas, to be a core skill for living life. I use many skills from the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) repertoire, though I find use of the Radically Open DBT (RO-DBT) variant to be even better for the kinds of problems I am more likely to help with.

    This short list is intended to give you a feel for my general approach. Reach out and I would be happy to discuss these or any others that can offer.

  • You and I might be a great fit if your problems center around maintaining control of things in your life.

    You may have found ways that your desire for control has been highly rewarded. For example, workers in the fields of medicine, transportation, and emergency services control the levers of public health and safety. Athletes maintain strict control over their bodies and their minds. Business owners, executives, and finance experts control valuable resources and the livelihoods of their employees. If you fall into these categories, the world actually expects and relies on you to be in control. That’s not necessarily bad thing.

    However, that same mix of drive, pressure, and control can also come out in harmful ways. You may stifle your emotions, fear vulnerability, and lack an effective range of emotional expression. You may struggle to maintain control in areas like your work, your health, or your family. You may experience overwhelming guilt, shame, and embarrassment when facing mistakes, critiques, and losses. You may even be grappling with an addiction, a paradoxical attempt to control the way you feel through an inherently uncontrollable process.

  • You can self-schedule using the link at the top of this page, or you can reach out by email, phone, or text message with my information at the bottom of the page. All of these come to me directly, and I will respond personally and at my soonest ability.

    Once we have established an initial session, I will send set of forms to be completed before we begin. As a rule of thumb, I keep my paperwork as short as possible.

    If we have agreed to meet via telehealth, I will send a link to a HIPAA-compliant Google Meet meeting before we begin.

Talk

to me,

Goose.