About David
David Scoble is an AASW counsellor with three decades of experience supporting people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. He works in Australia and brings a calm, person-centred approach that aims to help people notice what matters and make steady changes. He believes the client is the expert in their life and offers steady guidance to help them move forward.
David uses straightforward, practical ways to manage difficult feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building skills for day-to-day coping, improving sleep, and addressing relationship and intimacy concerns. He also helps people navigate grief, addiction concerns, ADHD-related challenges, and identity issues connected to being LGBT. His style blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness.
That looks like noticing unhelpful thoughts, practising small changes, and learning how to be with tough feelings without being driven by them. David also uses motivational interviewing and client-centred listening to support clearer direction and personal values. Clients can expect short, clear explanations and simple exercises to try between sessions.
David aims to make therapy practical and achievable, not overwhelming. He encourages gentle pacing and steady progress. Over a long career David has worked in varied therapy settings and with many different concerns.
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Sessions are conducted in English and are available to people in Australia.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with personal values. It focuses on taking meaningful action even when feelings or worries are present, which can be useful for anxiety and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and trying small, practical changes to shift them. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep issues and low mood. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices that reduce reactivity and improve awareness of thoughts and sensations; it can help with stress, sleep and emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they choose strategies and adapt them over time so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how you meet. Video calls let you use face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging can suit short check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments and make regular contact easier to maintain.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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