Individual Therapy
David’s therapeutic work with individuals is psychodynamic, relational, and depth-oriented in his approach. This means that David approaches his therapeutic work by helping clients to make greater meaning of the challenges that often bring people into therapy.
Self-insight is the first step towards healing any mental health concern or relationship challenge. It is important to work with someone who is skilled in the ability to empathize with your concerns and discern understanding of the complexities of what you’re facing. Through therapy you can begin to understand yourself in ways that foster psychological growth and self development.
David is holistic in his approach to therapy, helping clients to explore a broad understanding of cognitive, emotional, and somatic experiences. In a typical session David will ask various questions that will help to guide clients towards a more globalized understanding of challenges.
As you begin to understand yourself in deeper ways, there is an opportunity to gain back control over your life. It becomes possible to envision new possibilities that can help you to overcome challenges.
Therapy should value your humanity and unique way of viewing the world, helping you to cultivate wisdom and psychological growth. Sessions are intended to feel like a safe place to explore thoughts and feelings in a down-to-earth environment.
If you’re looking for a thoughtful, depth-oriented approach to therapy, let’s connect to explore how we can work together.
Couples Therapy
David views relationship challenges as opportunities for learning, personal development, and growth. Every long-term relationship weathers different seasons and sometimes during challenging times, it can be helpful to receive an objective perspective.
When conflicts are repeating and connection has declined, couples can become entangled in challenges, making it difficult to view problems clearly. David helps couples to see beyond the immediate challenges, assisting each client with viewing relational impasses from a broader perspective. He helps clients to identify and then heal repeating patterns that can maintain fractures in the relational foundations.
David draws upon a number of theories and therapeutic modalities to support clients in understanding and working through issues. He mainly engages couples from an applied attachment-based lens, drawing from theories of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT).
David’s overall approach is non-judgemental, inclusive, frank, and empathetic.
Clinical Hypnotherapy
David has received certification as a Clinical Counselling Hypnotherapy (C. Hyp) practitioner with Daybreak Therapy and Training located in Toronto, Ontario (www.daybreaktherapy.ca).
David offers clinical hypnotherapy services as an optional integrative component of his regular talk therapy practice. Clients can request to explore hypnotherapy services as an additional approach to traditional therapeutic support.
Hypnotherapy is a lesser-known and yet evidence-based and effective approach to helping clients reduce stress, increase self-confidence, and move beyond self-limiting beliefs that can unconsciously contribute to a variety of life challenges.
In a typical hypnotherapy session, David will draw upon techniques of clinical hypnotherapy and mindfulness to help facilitate a deeper experience of relaxation and reduced stress. Hypnotherapy can support with creating a greater sense of calm, shifting self-limiting beliefs, and establishing supportive insights into challenges.