About David
Dr. David Goodman is a licensed psychologist based in Wisconsin who helps people manage stress and anxiety. He sees adults dealing with mood problems, relationship strain, parenting stress, addiction issues, and life changes.
He also supports people facing grief, trauma, and concerns around self-esteem and intimacy. He uses straightforward language in sessions and focuses on practical steps clients can try between meetings. Sessions are collaborative - he listens first, then helps set clear goals.
Background and approach
He brings 29 years of experience to the work and explains ideas in plain terms so clients can act on them. Dr. Goodman draws from several therapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioral techniques and acceptance-based strategies.
He adapts methods to each person rather than following one rigid plan. Testing and brief measures are used to track progress and to make sure the work stays focused on what matters most. Many clients meet with him online by video, phone, chat, or text, which he began offering in 2020.
He describes therapy as a step-by-step process and emphasizes small changes that add up. The style is calm, goal-oriented, and respectful of each person’s pace. Background and approach: He holds the credential WI Psychologist 2581-57.
Over his career he has helped people with a wide range of concerns such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, chronic illness, communication problems, and attachment issues. He will talk through options and tailor a plan that fits the client’s goals and daily life.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting controlled by them, then choose actions that match their values; it is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, worry, and low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationship patterns affect current relationships and helps people build healthier ways of relating to others.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your concerns, talk about goals, and recommend strategies from these models that fit your needs. Decisions are collaborative and may change as progress is tracked.
Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls let you work face-to-face and use visual cues; phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and can support brief check-ins or ongoing skills practice. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while using approaches like ACT and CBT in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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