About David
David Young is a Florida licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress and anxiety. He also supports those coping with addiction, trauma, grief, and depression. He talks plainly and keeps things focused on what matters most to each person.
He builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can speak honestly about difficult thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize practical steps and steady progress rather than complex jargon. David encourages small, achievable changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
With ten years of experience as an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor, he has worked across a range of concerns from sleep problems and parenting strain to substance and process addictions. He also addresses mood challenges like bipolar disorder, attention issues such as ADHD, and relationship stressors. He tailors his work to the situation each person brings.
David often helps people who are dealing with loss, end-of-life questions, infidelity, or ongoing patterns that feel hard to change. He pays attention to safety and self-harm concerns and supports smoking and vaping cessation when that is part of someone’s goals. His approach balances practical coping skills with space to process painful experiences.
Sessions are offered in English and arranged around the client’s schedule. He aims to make starting therapy simple and clear, so people can focus on taking the next step toward feeling better.
Practical approaches for online therapy and coping
David uses clear, evidence-based techniques that focus on current problems and teach useful skills. One common approach is skills-based work that helps people notice stress and build concrete coping strategies for anxiety, sleep, or cravings. This usually involves short exercises, breathing or grounding practices, and step-by-step behavior changes that can be used between sessions.Another approach emphasizes processing difficult experiences like grief or trauma through guided conversation and pacing. That work helps people make sense of painful memories while learning ways to reduce overwhelm and improve day-to-day functioning. Both approaches aim to produce practical, testable changes rather than abstract theory.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust the plan as you progress. Clients and therapist decide together which strategies feel most helpful and realistic for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different routines. Video is helpful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work better when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, homework sharing, and quicker support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other time constraints.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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