About David
David Porter is an Arizona-based licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with ten years of counseling experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, addiction, depression, or major life changes. He also supports those coping with relationship strain, grief, and identity questions related to LGBT concerns.
His approach is practical and straightforward. He uses mostly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach skills people can use every day.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, doable steps rather than abstract theory. David also draws on attachment-based ideas to help people understand patterns in their close relationships. That can make communication easier and reduce repeated conflicts.
He pays attention to how past hurts affect present choices and connection. People meet him for help with substance use recovery, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, ADHD, caregiver stress, and blended-family concerns. He works with individuals and with partners who want to improve trust and communication.
His style is collaborative and respectful. Sessions are aimed at building concrete tools - coping strategies, emotion regulation skills, and clearer decision-making. He encourages realistic goals and tracks progress.
The tone is supportive but direct, with room for honest conversation. David believes change grows from steady effort and practical practice. He helps clients move from feeling stuck to managing symptoms and relationships more effectively.
The work is paced to the person’s needs and life demands.
Approaches that guide online sessions and what they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking committed steps toward them, even when anxiety or difficult feelings are present. It can help people who feel stuck by teaching how to act in line with what matters despite discomfort.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down patterns of thought and behavior that keep symptoms like anxiety and depression active. It is practical and problem-focused, with exercises people can practice between sessions to change thinking and reduce avoidance.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers concrete tools for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness. It can be useful for people who struggle with mood swings, anger, or relationship conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals and life context. That collaborative process may combine elements from different approaches and will be adjusted as progress is tracked.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skills practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins, and live chat or messaging can support brief updates or between-session coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- 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
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's 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)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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