David Whiteman
Practical counseling focused on real family concerns
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin, Indiana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About David
David Whiteman is a licensed counselor who blends practical tools with a respectful, person-focused stance. He emphasizes clear steps people can use to manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, and the effects of trauma and abuse. David holds licenses as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor and brings 26 years of experience to sessions.
He starts by listening closely to a person’s story and strengths.
Background and approach
He uses that understanding to set small, achievable goals. Sessions often include straightforward strategies to reduce worry and improve daily routines, plus skills to handle sleep problems, career stress, or compassion fatigue. David draws on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice what matters, change unhelpful thinking, and try new behaviors.
He also uses client-centered listening and solution-focused planning to keep work practical and focused on immediate concerns. Over decades of practice he has worked with a wide range of challenges, including bipolar symptoms, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family concerns, and caregiver stress. He tailors the pace and tools to each person rather than following one rigid approach.
Sessions are offered in English and he works with clients from Indiana and beyond. The style is collaborative and grounded - clear steps, honest conversation, and steady support through change.
Practical approaches you can use online
David commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on helping people notice their values and take small steps toward them, even when worries or painful feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete skills to change patterns that cause distress.He also relies on client-centered listening to make space for each person's experience and solution-focused techniques to set achievable short-term goals. Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client discuss goals, try methods that fit the person's needs, and adjust plans as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible options such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, maintain momentum between meetings, and access care from Indiana or other locations. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver the same step-by-step tools and support as in-person work while tailoring how sessions are delivered to each person's life.
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
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Indiana
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to David
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