About David
David Bradshaw is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Washington. He has been practicing since 2018 and brings eight years of clinical experience to his work. David aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people facing stress, anxiety, mood shifts, and relationship concerns.
He uses practical, evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). Sessions focus on real-life skills - managing strong emotions, spotting unhelpful thinking, and building values-based routines.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and goal-oriented so people leave with concrete steps they can try between sessions. David's background includes five years working in corrections and law enforcement before moving into counseling. That experience shaped his calm, direct style and his interest in working with people who face intense stress, trauma, addiction, or anger.
He also helps with caregiving strain, career transitions, and sexual identity concerns within LGBT topics. Outside clinical work he reads widely, practices yoga and meditation, trains in martial arts, and enjoys backpacking around the Pasayten Wilderness Area. He mentions a fondness for building desktop computers and says those practical hobbies influence his problem-solving approach in therapy.
Therapy with David typically blends talking with hands-on strategies. He works with each person to set clear goals and tracks progress over time. Sessions are offered through multiple online formats to fit different schedules and needs.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when difficult feelings show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills for strong emotions and relationship challenges.Finding the best approach is part of the work. David will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then blend techniques that fit their situation. That collaborative process means strategies change over time as needs evolve and progress is tracked together.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for full conversations and skill practice, while phone or chat can fit a short break or lower bandwidth situations. Text-based messaging and live chat work well for quick check-ins, brief support, and tracking progress between longer sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- 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
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English