About David
David Bonfanti is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with two decades of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck by teaching practical ways to change how they respond to stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, relationship problems, and ADHD-related struggles. He speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable rather than overwhelming.
He uses straightforward language and real-world strategies in sessions. He helps people notice unhelpful reactions and build new habits that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Expect clear goals, direct feedback, and steps you can try between sessions. David blends approaches to match each person’s needs. He draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to spot thinking patterns, acceptance and commitment approaches to clarify values, and narrative work to reframe difficult stories.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change. Over twenty years, he has worked across many concerns including depression, bipolar conditions, trauma and abuse, parenting and fatherhood issues, grief, and sexual and gender concerns. He also addresses sleep, eating, anger, compulsive behaviors, and career stress.
He lists additional focus areas such as hospice and end-of-life counseling, veteran issues, and multicultural and immigration-related matters. Sessions are offered in English and take place online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. David is licensed in Arizona and California and practices from California.
He encourages a practical, nonjudgmental approach and partners with clients to build the life they want.
How therapeutic approaches translate online
David often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify what matters to them and then take small actions toward those values. ACT is practical for worries, grief, and the day-to-day struggles that come with ADHD-related distractibility.He also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and to practice alternative responses. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep issues, and compulsive or addictive behaviors. Narrative Therapy is used at times to reframe personal stories and reduce the power of past events over current choices.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will review your goals and preferences, try techniques in session, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide together what to keep, change, or try next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging make shorter check-ins and ongoing support easier to fit into a busy day. These options offer flexibility so therapy can match your schedule and needs rather than the other way around.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California, Utah, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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