About David
David Affolter is a licensed counselor with 27 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions, and relationship and parenting concerns. He uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people feel better and move forward. David is listed as an LMHC and an LPCC and practices from Ohio.
David began his career as a high school teacher and coach after serving in the Air Force. He spent nearly twenty years helping students who struggled to find their way, listening to them and offering guidance.
How David works
That work shaped his interest in counseling and led him to earn a graduate degree in Community Counseling from The University of Akron in 1994. Over the past decades he has helped people facing grief, intimacy-related issues, anger, bipolar and mood disorders, process and sex addictions, and PTSD among many concerns.
He focuses on giving new perspectives, practical strategies, and steady support so people can choose a path that fits their goals. He also brings attention to issues like communication problems, guilt and shame, life purpose, and men's issues. David favors approaches that encourage action and self-awareness.
He uses methods drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to tailor care to each person. Sessions aim to build skills and clarify steps toward change. People who want clear, experience-based guidance may find his style helpful.
He combines long-term experience with a calm, encouraging presence. If someone is ready to explore change, he offers a practical partnership to find a new direction and purpose.
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What David works with
The areas below are the ones David selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMHC, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 27 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters most and take action toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments and behavior changes to reduce symptoms like panic, low mood, or problematic habits. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relationship skills for strong emotional reactions and impulsive behaviors. Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan so it fits the individual's needs and pace. Online therapy makes these methods easier to access. Video calls let people work through skills face to face. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a check-in is needed without video. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching between sessions, and flexible scheduling. These options aim to fit therapy into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical progress and steady support.Start online instead of waiting
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