David Brand
Calm, practical support for parenting and life
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About David
David Brand is a licensed professional clinical counselor who wants to help parents and individuals feeling overwhelmed by life’s demands. He greets worries about stress, anxiety, parenting, grief, and relationship strain with calm curiosity. He aims to build a steady, honest connection so people can talk through what matters most to them.
He uses straightforward conversation, gentle challenge, and practical teaching during sessions. David draws on tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear skills and small experiments rather than long lectures. David trained in education before moving into counseling, so he often frames ideas simply and in usable steps. He identifies as a man of faith and brings that perspective to his work when it fits a client’s values.
He is a husband and father and understands some of the everyday pressures of family life. With three years of clinical experience and the LPCC credential, he practices in Ohio and provides services in English. He offers sessions in several online formats so people with busy schedules can find a way to meet.
The first meetings typically focus on what a person most wants to change and what small steps feel manageable. Over time David helps people track progress and adjust strategies. He often works on communication problems, parenting stress, self-esteem, impulsivity, grief, substance-related concerns, ADHD-related struggles, and coping with life changes.
His style is practical, direct, and steady.
Online approaches that fit busy lives
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small actions toward those values, even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and finding clarity about parenting or life purpose.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and impulsivity.
David treats choice of method as a team decision. He listens to goals and preferences, then suggests approaches and tests them for a few sessions. If something isn’t working, he adjusts the plan so the work fits daily life and real constraints.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That flexibility makes it easier to fit sessions around school, work, and parenting. It also lets people use short check-ins or longer meetings depending on what they need that week, making steady progress more manageable.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
Next step
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