Hi, I’m David. I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and psychotherapist. I’m also a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, and Certified Family Trauma Professional. I specialize in working with people and families who have experienced trauma, abuse, divorce, neurodiversity, and other complex life challenges.
Much of my professional experience, before entering private practice, was as a school-based therapist in elementary schools. I come from a family of healers and helpers – doctors, nurses, chiropractors, therapists, pastors – so service to others is more or less in my blood.
As a late-diagnosed autistic and someone who has been working for much of my life to overcome childhood trauma, periods of burnout, and relationship and parenting challenges, I approach my work as a fellow traveler, not as an academic or “expert.” My lived experience and the work that I have done myself to go from merely surviving to thriving are essential elements to my therapeutic approach. I will walk the path alongside you, wherever it takes us.
DEGREES:
Master of Social Work, Simmons University
Master of Fine Arts in Writing (Fiction), Pacific University
Bachelor of Arts in Literature (cum laude), Harvard University
LICENSES:
LCSW, California #124154
LCSW, Oregon #L11298
LCSW, Idaho, #43576
Florida registered telehealth provider #TPSW3086
Registered telehealth provider, Vermont #089.135702TELE
Certified Family Trauma Professional
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist
MEMBERSHIPS:
Member, National Association of Social Workers
Member, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
