About David
David Martin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience. He practices in Idaho and brings long experience from community mental health into his current work. He presents a calm, nonjudgmental approach and aims to help people make practical changes in their lives.
David learned early in his career that people often need straightforward support and clear options. He helps people identify small steps they can take.
Background and approach
He focuses on building skills for coping with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship or parenting concerns. His counseling starts where each person is. He uses client-centered methods to follow the person's pace and priorities.
He also integrates ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and psychodynamic therapy when those tools match the client's goals. David has worked extensively with people managing trauma, substance use histories, compassion fatigue, and major life transitions. He also addresses issues like attachment, communication problems, blended family stress, and challenges tied to adoption or foster care.
He aims to make sessions practical and relatable. He offers a respectful space for people to talk through difficult feelings and plan changes. David encourages collaboration so the work feels useful day to day.
To begin, he asks people to describe what they want to change and then helps outline concrete steps toward those goals.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
David often blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral therapy to make online sessions focused and practical. Client-centered work means he listens for what matters most to each person and follows their pace, which can help people feel heard even when not meeting in person. CBT brings concrete tools for changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.He also incorporates elements of dialectical behavior therapy when people need skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. DBT-style skills are practical exercises that can be practiced between sessions and discussed online to track progress and troubleshoot challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will collaborate with clients to choose which methods fit their goals and life situation, and adjust the plan as needed. This means testing tools, noting what helps, and shifting focus if something is not working.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, as current options can vary. The biography notes he has experience with online and phone-based sessions, which can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and reduce travel time. These practical benefits often help people sustain regular sessions while working toward their goals.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Utah, Idaho
- Languages
- English
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