About David
David Demorest is a licensed professional counselor with 19 years of experience. He focuses on anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, and related concerns. He aims to build a straightforward, practical partnership so people can start feeling better sooner.
David draws on a wide background that includes a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and earlier graduate work in biology and biochemistry. Before counseling he spent many years in research and as a radiochemist, and he says that scientific training helped him understand behavior and mental processes.
Background and approach
In sessions he starts by creating a trusting, respectful relationship. He then helps clients identify specific problems and makes a clear, adaptable plan to address them. Plans are revisited as progress is made or new issues arise.
His work uses a mix of approaches. He often employs client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, solution-focused steps, and hypnotherapy where appropriate. He may suggest tools such as biofeedback and neurofeedback when they seem helpful for symptoms like anxiety or addiction.
David is based in Idaho and offers sessions in English. He has practical life experience as a parent and outdoor enthusiast, and he brings that down-to-earth perspective to conversations about coping, relationships, and life changes.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to help clarify feelings and goals, which can be useful for anxiety, self-esteem, and relationship concerns.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and addiction by changing unhelpful thoughts and routines.
Mindfulness-based methods teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation. These techniques often help with stress, worry, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the person's goals, and adjust the plan as progress is seen. That collaboration helps match methods to the client's needs and preferences.
Online sessions offer flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when bandwidth and schedules permit. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or work better when video is not needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people communicate in writing between sessions or when typing fits their routine. These options make it easier to keep momentum and fit therapy into daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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