Individual Therapist and forensic evaluations

David has been a clinical member of Counseling for Growth and Change (CGC) since 1996. He has significant experience and training in mental health and substance abuse; foster care and adoption; child, teen and adult sexual abuse and sexual offending. David does forensic assessment and evaluation in mental health, parenting through self-pay, DHS and juvenile and criminal court cases for child sexual abuse and child/adult pornography cases. Those include psychosocial or psychosexual evaluations for minors and adults for kids ages 10 and up, teens and adults.

Therapy issues addressed include:

• Assessment and treatment of children and teens and young adults experiencing difficulty coping with stress related to home, school, academic and transition issues related to change, grief or loss
• Academic and career counseling; life transitions
• Solution oriented treatment of depression, anxiety, stress and substance abuse in older adults
• Conflict resolution and goal setting; solution oriented treatment
• Intimacy counseling including premarital counseling
• Personal growth and development
• Best practices treatment for adolescent and adult sex offenders using both CBT techniques and relapse prevention planning
• Assessment/treatment and ongoing consultation and treatment of depression, anxiety/stress, ADHD and both impulse control and compulsive behaviors
• Substance abuse treatment for sobriety from alcohol, marijuana and other drugs