About David
David Weiss is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 13 years of experience. He works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and the everyday strain of life changes. He also helps with parenting concerns, career questions, grief, sleeping trouble, and compassion fatigue.
He uses practical talk and clear techniques in sessions. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. He uses Client-Centered Therapy to make space for each person's perspective.
Background and approach
Attachment-Based Therapy helps when past relationships affect current ones. Sessions focus on small, achievable steps. Clients and David set concrete goals together and track progress.
He also uses Solution-Focused methods and Motivational Interviewing to boost motivation and clarify what works for each person. David spent time working in addiction services and child and family settings. That background informs how he approaches family problems, communication breakdowns, and issues like codependency and infidelity.
He speaks plainly about coping strategies for impulsivity, substance concerns, and disruptive mood challenges. People meet him for a steady, compassionate approach rather than quick fixes. He emphasizes starting with what a person can control and building outward from there.
David practices in Florida and offers sessions in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds. Online sessions using this approach explore relationship history and current interaction patterns to improve communication and trust.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In virtual sessions this means identifying unhelpful thinking, testing new behaviors between appointments, and reviewing what changed in follow-up meetings. It is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and comfort level. That may mean combining approaches, adjusting pacing, or trying short-term goal-focused work first.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let people read facial cues and use screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to check in between meetings and keep momentum with shorter updates. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English