About David
David Schwartz is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. He also supports those facing grief, trauma, addictions, sleep problems, parenting strain, career changes, and questions about sexuality, including kink and non-monogamous relationships. David keeps sessions direct and practical.
He asks clear questions, listens closely, and suggests small changes clients can try between meetings. Mindfulness, values-based choices, and learning new coping skills are part of how he works.
Background and approach
He draws on several approaches to shape treatment to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take steps that match those values.
He also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and interpersonal challenges. David trained at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and has practiced for 15 years in Illinois. He describes therapy as a collaborative process where clients and therapist try things, review what helps, and adjust plans to fit real life.
Appointments can be a place to practice new responses, learn habits that reduce reactivity, and set simple goals. He aims to help people make steady, usable changes so life feels more manageable and meaningful.
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values. Online ACT sessions often include exercises to notice thoughts and choose actions that match values, which can be practiced between meetings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. In remote CBT work, clients track thoughts and try brief behavioral experiments, then review results with the therapist. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships; online sessions can teach specific skills and role-play responses to challenging situations.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and daily life. He will suggest a plan, try techniques, and adjust based on what actually helps the client.
Online therapy here uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow fuller face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter voice-only check-in is easier. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or people who prefer writing. These options make scheduling easier and let people use therapy from different locations and routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English