About David
David Markowitz is a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 35 years of experience. He brings a calm, respectful approach to sessions and focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and relationship concerns. He uses straightforward conversation to help clients untangle pressing problems.
Sessions are warm and interactive, and he adapts the pace to what each person needs. He avoids stigmatizing labels and aims to treat people with sensitivity and respect.
Background and approach
In practice he draws on client-centered listening alongside practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches. He also uses emotionally focused methods to address how people connect and relate. Hypnotherapy is another option he can employ for issues like anxiety or habit change.
David has worked across many areas including addictions, ADHD, bipolar concerns, career stress, parenting challenges, and end-of-life or hospice related issues. He also supports people dealing with family of origin problems, communication breakdowns, and loneliness. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging, and he accepts international clients.
People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a session that fits their needs. Those who choose to work with him can expect practical conversation, collaborative planning, and steady support while figuring out next steps.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and following the client's lead. The therapist focuses on understanding the person and creating a supportive space to talk about stress, grief, or relationship struggles.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises and skills to manage anxiety, mood swings, addictive behaviors, and ADHD-related patterns.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and change patterns in how they relate to others. It can be useful for intimacy concerns, communication problems, and rebuilding trust in close relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit those aims. Adjustments are common as needs and progress emerge.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule sessions, preserve time otherwise spent commuting, and maintain continuity when life changes.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English