About David
David Swineheart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Indiana with three decades of experience helping people navigate hard moments. He focuses on clear, straightforward support for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions. David aims to make therapy feel respectful and real from the first session.
He keeps sessions practical and goal-oriented. He helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try small changes, and track the results. Many clients appreciate a steady, calm approach when panic, overwhelm, or past abuse make daily life harder.
Background and approach
David draws on client-centered methods to make room for each person’s priorities. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to break problems into manageable steps. Emotion-focused ideas help people name and respond to strong feelings without getting stuck.
Sessions often begin with what matters right now - safety, mood, relationships, or work stress. From there he and the client set short-term goals and try straightforward strategies that fit their life. He also supports people with parenting strain, sleep and eating concerns, career stresses, and coping with chronic guilt or shame.
He works with people facing attachment and abandonment worries, codependency, dissociation, and challenges after military service. David also helps those dealing with self-harm thoughts, panic attacks, and sexual assault or abuse recovery. He offers a calm presence and practical steps to move forward.
People who want clear communication, steady guidance, and a collaborative plan tend to do well in his sessions. He conducts work in English and accepts international clients, with sessions available through video, phone, chat, or text-based messaging.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
David blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to make online sessions focused and useful. Client-centered Therapy centers conversations on what matters to the person, helping them set priorities and feel heard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and tests small changes to see what helps, which works well over video and phone.He also uses elements of Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify strong emotions and respond to them differently. These methods can help with panic attacks, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and trauma-related distress. Together, they give both short-term tools and deeper emotional work in a collaborative way. David works with each person to decide which mix of approaches fits their goals and comfort level.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, homework support, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family, and travel while keeping a consistent plan with a licensed therapist.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Indiana
- Languages
- English