About David
David Yoder is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with six years of clinical experience. He focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and ADHD. He aims to make sessions feel natural and straightforward so conversations can lead to real change.
His approach centers on client-centered therapy, which puts the person’s experience first and follows their pace. He combines that with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) when skill-building or managing strong emotions is helpful.
Background and approach
Hypnotherapy and existential ideas are also part of his toolbox when they fit a person’s goals. David describes problems like grief, relationship strain, sleep disruption, and career stress as often rooted in fear or past experience. He listens for how each person interprets those events and then helps them try small, manageable steps to shift patterns.
He also addresses impulse-related struggles, codependency, and substance use with practical strategies and clear discussion. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. He helps people name what matters, choose changes they can handle, and practice new ways of coping between meetings.
Progress is paced to the individual rather than pushed to a fixed timeline. David practices in Missouri and works in English. He offers live video, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online work
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and following the client’s lead. Online sessions using this approach often feel like careful conversation where the therapist reflects back what matters most and helps clients clarify what they want to change.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills. In remote sessions that might mean practicing a new coping plan together, reviewing homework between sessions, and using brief exercises over chat or video to notice patterns.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clear communication skills. Online work can include learning grounding techniques, short coaching messages between sessions, and role-play on video to rehearse difficult conversations.
Choosing an approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest what seems most useful. Plans can change as progress unfolds so methods are adapted to fit the client rather than the other way around.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief coaching, sharing tools, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or busy family schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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