About David
David Porter is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Arizona with over 10 years of experience. He helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, struggling with addiction, or facing depression and relationship strain. He also supports those dealing with trauma, intimacy concerns, ADHD, and LGBTQ issues.
David uses a practical, down-to-earth approach in sessions. He listens first, then offers tools people can try between meetings. Sessions focus on skills for coping, clearer communication, and small changes that add up over time.
Background and approach
His work draws on Somatic methods that attend to the body's signals, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and action, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Attachment-based ideas inform how he looks at relationship patterns and emotional safety. People can expect a collaborative tone.
David aims to make difficult topics easier to talk about and to set manageable goals. He balances direct skill teaching with space to process feelings and memories. In addition to clinical work, David brings a decade of helping professionals and individuals navigate major life transitions.
He frames progress as steady practice rather than instant fixes. If someone wants straightforward, compassionate help to manage stress, improve relationships, or recover from past hurts, he offers practical steps and ongoing support.
How his approaches work online
Somatic-informed work pays attention to physical sensations and how the body holds stress; online sessions can still guide breath, grounding, and movement awareness to reduce tension and improve self-regulation. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, values-driven steps; this approach is useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes when practiced through discussion and between-session exercises.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, try approaches that fit their needs, and adjust based on what helps. Sessions combine listening, teaching practical skills, and planning small experiments to try between meetings.
Online formats offer flexibility and access from home or work. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions remove the need for a camera, and live chat or text messaging can support brief check-ins or real-time coping strategies. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- 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
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English