About David
David Chittenden is an ACA counsellor with 16 years of professional experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain or big life changes. He aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful.
David takes a practical and flexible approach to conversations. He listens first, then works with each person to shape a plan that fits their situation. Sessions are calm and direct, with simple tools you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
He draws on a mix of approaches depending on what a person needs. That can include practical thinking skills from cognitive behavioural therapy, deeper meaning work from existential and Jungian ideas, or relationship-focused methods such as the Gottman approach. Hypnotherapy is also one of the options he may suggest when it fits a client's goals.
David has supported people with a wide range of concerns including grief, trauma and abuse, parenting and fatherhood issues, intimacy and sexual culture topics such as BDSM and kink, chronic illness and pain, and work-related strain like compassion fatigue. He also helps with eating issues, ADHD-related challenges, and career transitions. In sessions he aims to be respectful, sensitive and down-to-earth.
Conversations are tailored to the person in front of him rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. He encourages small, achievable steps and practical strategies that people can use in daily life.
Therapeutic approaches you can try online
David often combines practical thinking work with deeper meaning-focused methods. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) teaches simple ways to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, which can be useful for anxiety, stress and mood changes. Existential therapy focuses on personal meaning and values, helping people navigate big life transitions and questions about purpose or identity. The Gottman Method is relationship-focused and offers concrete skills for improving communication and reducing conflict in partnerships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through your goals and preferences, then suggest which methods might work best. You can try one method and adapt it over time if it does not fit, and decisions are made together based on what you find helpful.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls let you see body language and hold a full conversation. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter check-ins or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options increase flexibility so therapy can fit around work, family and daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- 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
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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