With over twenty-five years in healthcare as a clinician, educator, and consultant I can share some insight and experience into what heals us and makes us better. Professionally, my experience includes education, prevention, and intervention across the healthcare field and developing and evaluating behavioral health services. I have held professorships in Community and Clinical Psychology, and have published research in behavioral healthcare. My latest book, "Authenticity and Grace" is a guide on how you may get to know who you really are.
Our focus will be learning how our own perceptions, thinking patterns, and corresponding feelings are what (paradoxically) may be generating or causing much of our psychic distress and suffering. Learning how and why this is so unlocks a great mystery. Growth is usually simple, but not easy. It is, by definition, a change in the way things are towards the way things can or need to be.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Bipolar disorder, Depression, Coaching, Drug and alcohol addiction, Family of origin issues, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy
MN LICSW 08854
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I love working with Dr Smith. He communicates with me effectively and in a manner I can understand.
Written on Dec 04, 2024 after therapy with David for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Very insightful
Written on Dec 03, 2024 after therapy with David for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, anger management, and adhd
Dr Smith is great at what he does and have the experience to back it up. I highly recommend working with him!
Written on Dec 02, 2024 after therapy with David for 3 weeks on issues concerning self esteem, career difficulties, and coaching
In the short time I had with Dr. Smith I felt more at ease after our conversation then I’d felt in months. He’s been very helpful in aspects that I didn’t even expect. He brings out things in me I suppress but I feel good after he pulls it out and clears it. I wouldn’t change therapists for anything.
Written on Apr 05, 2024 after therapy with David for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, career difficulties, and adhd