About David
David Schwartz is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience working in Illinois. He focuses on concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship struggles, and issues around sexuality and identity. He aims to help people make small, steady changes that improve everyday life.
He uses straightforward, practical approaches in sessions. Clients can expect a mix of talking, learning simple skills, and trying new behaviors between meetings. Mindfulness is a regular part of his work and is used as a basic skill to reduce reactivity and increase focus.
Background and approach
David blends methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to address unhelpful thinking and to teach coping skills. He also brings in ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take action that matches what matters to them.
Sessions typically focus on concrete goals - sleeping better, managing panic, improving communication, or handling life changes like separation or career shifts. He also supports people navigating kink and alternative sex culture, polyamory, and questions around sexuality in a nonjudgmental way. His office practice emphasizes practicing new behaviors outside therapy so gains transfer to daily life.
People who want clear steps, skill building, and a thoughtful balance of insight and action may find his style helpful.
How therapy approaches shape online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name what matters to them and take small steps that match those values. It’s useful for feeling stuck, coping with life changes, and managing mood swings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, panic, sleep, and mood symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and communicating more effectively in relationships.Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with a client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they’ll try methods that match those needs and adjust the plan over time based on what feels useful.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this kind of work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills coaching and deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone needs a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get reminders, quick coaching, or to reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the approaches above to practice new behaviors and track progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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