About David
David Schwartz is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience working in Illinois. He focuses on anxiety and related concerns such as stress, panic, social anxiety, and sleep problems. He also helps people facing relationship strains, sexual concerns including kink and polyamory, mood changes, grief, and career or life-purpose questions.
He uses practical, behavior-focused methods rather than long lectures. Sessions often include learning new skills and trying them between appointments.
Background and approach
Mindfulness is a regular part of his work and is used to build awareness and reduce reactivity. David trained at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, where he completed a master’s degree in clinical psychology. He brings 15 years of clinical work to conversations about mood disorders, addiction, and trauma-related concerns.
His Illinois LCPC credential is noted for the record. In sessions he blends structured approaches like cognitive behavioral and acceptance and commitment therapy with skills from dialectical behavior therapy. He may also draw on existential and Jungian ideas when it helps someone reflect on meaning and identity.
The goal is to match methods to what a person needs right now. People meet him to develop coping tools, sharpen communication, manage intense emotions, or sort through problems tied to sexuality and relationships. He emphasizes putting small changes into daily life so gains carry forward between visits.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, and it supports building a life guided by personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches concrete strategies to change behaviors and reduce anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for managing strong emotions and improving relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to keep a structured plan or try other techniques like existential reflection or Jungian ideas when questions of meaning come up.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls work well for deeper conversation and learning skills together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, practice prompts, or when someone needs a short, timely touchpoint between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel and let people use formats that suit their daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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