About David
David Parker is a counsellor with 12 years of experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and major life changes. He aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion.
David adapts conversations and plans to each person's situation. David works in a direct, down-to-earth way. He listens closely to understand what is most troubling.
Background and approach
He then helps people set small, manageable goals and tries practical ways to reduce distress. Sessions are paced to suit the person rather than a fixed mould. His background includes a mix of talking therapies that look at present problems and deeper patterns.
He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour. He also draws on client-centred methods to keep the focus on the person's own priorities. When trauma or attachment wounds are part of the story, he uses trauma-focused and psychodynamic ideas to make sense of painful reactions.
Mindfulness practices are offered to help with grounding and managing overwhelming moments. Jungian ideas may be used to explore personal meaning when that is helpful. David is based in Kentucky and works in English.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Fees vary with location and session type and are arranged through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session based on availability.
Approaches online and how they help
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist reflects what is said, follows the person's lead and helps them find their own solutions. This approach is useful when someone needs a listening space to make sense of feelings.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour. It uses straightforward exercises to spot unhelpful thinking and try new responses, which can help with anxiety, stress and low mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through options, try methods in sessions and adjust based on what helps most. This is a collaborative process that respects the person's goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility and a range of ways to connect. Video calls are close to face-to-face and allow visual interaction. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter, voice-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins, written reflection or people who prefer typing to speaking.
These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or travel, and allow people to continue therapy even when circumstances change. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt techniques for each format so the work remains focused and practical.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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