I’m David, currently a few weeks into my forties, and I run this online practice. I have a bachelors in Psychology and a masters in Neuroscience, but I don’t approach my counselling from a diagnostic angle. I spent most of my thirties being very uncomfortably sick, which gave me ample opportunity to study coping and the importance of habit from the inside.
If we end up chatting, we’ll almost certainly be talking about identifying the areas of your life that you can exert some control over, and then learning to exert that control in a wise and beneficial way, and then keeping up those efforts even when times get very hard. That is to say: finding what you can do with what you have, and how to keep motivated and resourceful. This is deeply important when you’re chronically ill or otherwise incapacitated, frustrated, or overwhelmed. It can keep you cheerful and confident and headed in the right direction.
Many of my clients have also been diagnosed elsewhere with ADHD or autism spectrum disorders and find me easy to communicate with, but here too we don’t focus on the ‘disorder’. Instead we look at specific difficulties, how we may be contributing to them, and how we can be different in ways that dissolve those issues without worrying about what is part of the ‘disorder’ and what isn’t.
In my personal life I have found great support and freedom in the practice of meditation, but I also recognize this can be hard and confrontational, so we focus on the foundations first: a tidy space, clean habits, and a way to keep track of our responsibilities that will let us forget about them temporarily. After that though, getting on the mat and watching the breath is one of the most helpful things we can do for ourselves.
Check out my repertoire for more information on how I approach things.
