Counseling for Children, Teens and Adults

Customized child, teen, and adult counseling programs.

David focuses on a strengths-based approach in counseling. He believes that highlighting and tapping into all the gifts and strengths people have makes all the difference in creating the changes they desire in their lives. He also believes that it is vital to obtain balance physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually in order to create the desired change.

Psychotherapist David Abrams assists his clients in alleviating depression, anxiety, phobias, creating healthy relationships and healthy communication, treating stress and difficult life challenges, coping with grief and loss, building and strengthening self-esteem, social skills, and life skills, anger management, problem solving, modifying unhealthy behaviors, gaining insight and awareness to create a desired change.

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CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, FAMILIES

David loves working with children and parents. He offers a place for parents to turn when they need help and have questions. He is able to connect with children and teens using humor and a flexible approach. Children quickly feel safe and comfortable, enjoying their time in therapy, and parents feel encouraged.

He engages children and teens using play and evidence-based, researched therapy techniques, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness, Behavioral Modification Therapy, Play Therapy, Family Systems Therapy, and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Strategies including goal-setting, time management, and healthy daily habits help adolescents address issues of self-esteem, social and peer pressure, identity and self-worth, mood regulation, behavior changes, and healthy communication skills.

In the counseling process, families learn healthy and appropriate coping and communication skills to work together as a team. David is passionate about teaching parenting skills so parents become more effective and more connected with their children.

ADULT INDIVIDUAL THERAPY

David has over two decades of experience helping clients, through counseling and therapy, to effectively manage depressive and anxious moods, learning to cope with grief and loss, cultivating healthy relationships, modifying unhealthy behaviors, and ultimately creating balance in all aspects of their lives.

David works daily with clients from Phoenix, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley on the following challenges:

• Anxiety Disorders (practice skills to calm, soothe, take charge and empower)
• Depression (learning skills to elevate mood and create happiness)
• Anger (managing and expressing anger in healthy ways)
• Relationships (learning boundaries, self-care, and healthy communication)
• Negative Thoughts (learning to identify unhealthy, distorted thoughts that impact mood and behavior)
• Motivation/Concentration/Goal-Setting (building life strategies to reach desired goals)
• Confidence/Self-Esteem (CBT, DBT, and mindfulness to help build self-esteem)