David Demorest
Insightful counselor with a practical approach
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed in
- Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About David
David Demorest is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 19 years of clinical experience. He greets people with a calm, straightforward style and focuses on making therapy clear and manageable. He helps with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, and a range of other concerns.
Sessions are practical and aimed at real-life change. David draws on a science-minded background to guide his work. Before counseling he trained in biology and biochemistry and spent many years as a radiochemist.
Background and approach
That earlier career shaped his attention to detail and his comfort explaining how behavior and mood connect to everyday life. In the room he builds a trusting relationship first, then pinpoints the issues to address. He uses a flexible plan that can change as problems emerge or as progress is made.
If a client needs a different kind of help, he can refer them to another professional with more specific expertise. David uses several therapeutic tools, including cognitive-behavioral strategies, client-centered methods, mindfulness practices, solution-focused techniques, and hypnotherapy. He also has training in biofeedback and neurofeedback as adjunct tools for symptoms like anxiety and addiction.
Outside work he spends time near Boise and in the mountains south of Jackson Hole. He enjoys skiing, fly fishing, canoeing, and travel, and brings an easy, down-to-earth presence into sessions.
Approaches and what online therapy offers
David uses cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and client-centered therapy as core parts of his work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing patterns that feed anxiety, depression, or addictive behaviors. Client-centered therapy centers on the relationship - listening and reflecting so the client feels understood and can find their own solutions.He also uses hypnotherapy when appropriate, which involves relaxed focused attention to help change habits or reduce symptoms like anxiety or cravings. These approaches are practical and aimed at day-to-day improvements rather than abstract theory.
Finding the right method is a shared effort. He will work with each person to match techniques to their goals and preferences. Plans are tested and revised as needed so therapy stays relevant and helpful through progress or setbacks.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, connect from different locations, and follow a consistent plan. The variety of formats also lets clients choose how they communicate when tackling stress, anxiety, addiction, or other concerns.
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.
Mindfulness Therapy
Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon
- Languages
- English
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