David Markowitz, LPC

David Markowitz is a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 35 years of experience. He focuses on practical help for everyday problems like stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and coping with life changes. He also works with people facing addictions, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and concerns tied to aging and geriatric issues.

His approach is warm and interactive. He speaks plainly and listens first. He avoids stigmatizing labels and treats people with respect and compassion.

Therapy sessions look like calm conversation with structure. He uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person. He draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behavior. He also brings elements of Emotionally-Focused and Gottman work when relationships are involved, and hypnotherapy where it seems helpful.

He tailors any plan to the person in the room. That means setting short-term goals, practicing skills, and checking what works. Sessions focus on clear steps someone can try between meetings.

Over decades of practice he has helped people manage trauma, parenting problems, career stress, and end-of-life concerns like hospice and bereavement. If someone wants steady, experienced guidance and straightforward tools, his style aims to be practical and respectful.

Approaches that translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist follows what matters most and helps people clarify goals and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to reduce anxiety and stress. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people identify and shift emotional patterns in relationships and can be useful when intimacy or communication is a concern.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which approaches to try. That decision is collaborative and can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing a session during a lunch break. Confirm the specific session options before booking, since the biography does not list formats. Licensed professionals can adapt the approaches above to remote sessions by using conversational checks, brief skill practices during the meeting, and assigned exercises to use between appointments.