About David
David Hanizeski is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin with eight years of experience. He focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He also supports those dealing with ADHD, grief, anger, and self-esteem struggles.
David emphasizes a straightforward, open approach in sessions. He aims to create a space where people can say what’s on their mind without feeling judged. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused so progress can be measured in everyday terms.
Background and approach
In the therapy room he draws on several ways of working. He uses client-centered methods to build rapport and make clients’ priorities central. He applies cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop new coping skills.
He also weaves in ideas from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. David’s experience includes helping people with relationship friction, family challenges, and intimacy-related worries. He also has experience supporting clients who struggle with mood disorders, impulsivity, and issues tied to attachment or codependency.
His background equips him to work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns. People who tend to do well with David are those who want practical tools and clear next steps. He encourages collaboration on goals and checks in regularly to track change.
If someone is looking for a direct, respectful clinician in Wisconsin, David offers a steady, problem-solving style.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Client-centered therapy puts the client's needs and goals first, focusing on listening and building a trusting connection to guide change. This approach helps people clarify what matters most and makes sessions feel collaborative. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete skills to change patterns causing distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related struggles, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences together and adapt methods as the relationship develops. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and shifting focus when needed so the plan fits the person's life and aims.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy schedules. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, ongoing support between meetings and can help maintain momentum. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and at flexible times.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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