About David
David Bonfanti is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with twenty years of experience in mental health. He works with people facing anxiety and many other concerns, offering a clear, practical style. David focuses on helping clients move forward with renewed hope and usable skills.
He speaks plainly about how reactions shape day-to-day life. David often frames struggles as responses to events rather than the events themselves. Therapy sessions aim to build tools that reduce painful reactions and improve daily functioning.
Background and approach
His approach blends several methods to fit each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports choosing actions that match personal values even when feelings are uncomfortable.
Attachment-Based ideas guide understanding of relationship patterns that affect stress and closeness. David has worked across many settings and with diverse concerns including grief, addiction, parenting strain, trauma, mood challenges, and identity-related issues. He emphasizes honesty and straightforward feedback while keeping goals practical and achievable.
Sessions are oriented toward skill building and real-world change. Clients can expect a mix of conversation, behavioral tasks, and reflection aimed at handling immediate problems and preventing future setbacks. Over time the focus shifts from managing crisis to sustaining a more balanced daily life.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without fighting them and to take actions that match personal values. It can help when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way of living the life someone wants. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns affect stress and closeness, which can be useful for relationship strain and trust issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review your goals, concerns, and preferences and then recommend which methods to try. Choices can be changed over time based on what helps most, and sessions mix techniques so you get practical tools plus space to reflect.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for in-depth conversational work, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on progress and usable skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- California, Utah, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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