About David
David Markowitz is a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 35 years of experience. He focuses on practical help for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, addiction, bipolar concerns, and ADHD. He speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel approachable and steady for someone taking a first step.
He frames sessions as a warm, interactive conversation. He listens first, then helps people set clear goals and small steps they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
His style avoids labels and emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every discussion. David draws from a range of methods to match a person's needs. He uses client-centered techniques to follow what matters most to the person, and cognitive-behavioral ideas to spot patterns that keep problems stuck.
He also brings emotionally focused work into relationship concerns and uses hypnotherapy where it may help someone access different ways of responding. Sessions tend to be collaborative and practical. People leave with concrete strategies for coping, communication, managing mood, or reducing unwanted behaviors.
The pace and focus are set together, with adjustments as progress is made. He works with adults on life transitions, parenting stress, intimacy issues, and career challenges, and also supports people dealing with long-term conditions like aging concerns or autism-related struggles. People who want a steady, experienced guide for real-world changes will find a straightforward, respectful approach.
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on following what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It emphasizes listening, empathy, and working at the client’s pace to identify goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and offers concrete exercises people can use to change patterns between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people name and shift the emotions that shape close relationships, which can be useful for intimacy and communication concerns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. David collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and daily life. He adjusts techniques as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online formats offer flexibility that many people find helpful. Video calls let a therapist and client have a face-to-face conversation when schedules or distance make in-person meetings hard. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a good choice for brief check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send notes or updates between sessions and fit moments of support into a busy day.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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