About David
David Ackerman is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 22 years of experience. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and major life changes. He also supports those dealing with addiction, trauma, parenting challenges, and concerns around intimacy and self-esteem.
David aims to create a straightforward, collaborative space. He listens first, then helps clients set clear goals. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings to feel steadier and more in control.
Background and approach
David’s background blends several ways of working. He uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small committed actions. He draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the work grounded in the person’s experience.
He also uses Emotionally-Focused and narrative ideas when it helps to understand patterns in relationships and personal stories. Clients can expect an interactive style that balances empathy and direction. David has spent two decades working with chronic mental health concerns, eating and sleeping issues, and long-term medical conditions that affect mood.
He also addresses a wide set of focused concerns such as abandonment, attachment, codependency, and communication problems. Sessions are offered in English and David accepts international clients. His practice offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
You can begin by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name what matters and take small actions toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on empathic listening and supporting the client’s own pace of change, which can help with self-esteem, grief, and relationship concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people identify, express, and shift the emotions that keep them stuck.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean combining elements from different approaches and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to share thoughts between sessions or have brief, on-the-go support. These options let people fit therapy into busy routines while working with licensed professionals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English