About David
David Powell is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship concerns. He practices in Florida and works with adults on issues such as intimacy, self-esteem, grief, trauma, and life changes. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
David favors clear, practical conversations that focus on what a person wants to change.
Background and approach
He listens first, then helps shape small steps that build confidence. Many clients use this approach for worries about work, parenting strain, or managing attention and mood differences. His approach draws on client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral ideas, along with emotionally-focused and Jungian perspectives when those fit.
Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are also part of his toolbox. He adapts methods to each person rather than forcing a single model. David has worked with people facing a wide range of concerns, including chronic pain, caregiver stress, body image problems, and coping after loss.
He also supports those dealing with career stress, compassion fatigue, and addictions related to food or substances. Practical matters are handled up front: sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time and scheduling follows the platform process. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and then schedules sessions according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and tailoring the work to each person’s needs. In practice this means sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on building a trusting working relationship that guides each step. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep or eating concerns, and coping with life changes through concrete exercises and short homework tasks.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust as progress is made. This is a collaborative process where techniques are mixed to match personal preferences and the challenges being addressed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when less bandwidth is available, and text or chat can work for brief check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These formats let people fit therapy into busy schedules and continue work between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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