About David
Dr. David Engstrom is an Arizona psychologist with more than two decades of professional experience. He holds the credential AZ Psychologist PSY-002048 and provides care for people facing anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, sleep problems, and phobias.
He offers practical, goal-oriented help and aims to make therapy understandable and usable for everyday life. He focuses on the psychological side of chronic illness and pain and has long experience working with insomnia and other sleep problems.
Background and approach
He also helps people who struggle with substance use, mood disorders, obsessive tendencies, and relationship or intimacy concerns. His background includes work in medical settings and with hospice and end-of-life counseling. In session he uses a mix of well-established approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy.
That means sessions often include clear skills practice, attention to values and goals, and learning ways to manage difficult emotions. He draws on motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to make lasting changes. Dr.
Engstrom works with adults who want straightforward guidance and practical tools. He tailors plans to each person’s situation and pace. He also supports clients coping with aging, chronic medical conditions, and isolation or grief.
He provides services in English and sees clients in Arizona as well as international clients through online formats. Many sessions are structured to fit into busy lives while focusing on measurable steps toward feeling better.
How his approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take action toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, phobias, chronic health worries, and motivation to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replace them with practical strategies and behavior changes, which is helpful for anxiety, depression, insomnia, and obsessive patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple exercises to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation, often supporting chronic pain and grief.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can be adjusted over time as progress and life circumstances change.
Online therapy offers ways to make sessions fit a busy life. Video calls let people work face-to-face from another location, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier on the go, live chat can serve as a brief check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and quick support between appointments. These options give flexibility for scheduling, allow continuation across moves or travel, and make it easier to maintain steady progress.
Questions people ask
What concerns does he commonly address?
How would you describe his therapy style?
What is his professional background?
What credentials and location are listed?
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
What session formats are offered?
How does pricing work for sessions?
How do I begin working with him?
What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.