About David
David Fox is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, addiction, and relationship or intimacy concerns. He offers straightforward support for people dealing with trauma, caregiving strain, body image worries, and other life disruptions. David uses direct listening and practical strategies to help people regain a sense of control and hope.
David draws on three years of experience and centers sessions on each person’s story.
Background and approach
He asks simple questions to understand what matters most and helps set focused, achievable goals. Sessions are collaborative - the client shapes the plan and David helps carry it out. In practice he uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot thinking patterns that make problems worse, and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify small changes that get quick relief.
Those methods are used to address things like anxiety, addictive behaviors, self-esteem, and coping with chronic illness or loss. David also works with people confronting adoption and attachment concerns, gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS related issues, and the fallout from divorce or infidelity. He pays attention to practical steps for day-to-day life, such as communication skills and managing anger or impulsivity.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. David holds LCSW licensure in Illinois and Indiana and bases his practice in Illinois.
Approaches for online healing and practical change
David uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more useful ways of thinking and behaving. This approach often helps with anxiety, low mood, and problems like low self-esteem or problematic habits.He also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zero in on strengths and small steps that make a quick difference. That method focuses on where clients want to get and what small changes can move them toward that goal, which can be useful for stress, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. David collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. Together they set short-term goals and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video works well for in-depth conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support brief check-ins or work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine and to keep momentum between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
- Languages
- English