About David
David Coalter is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri with 20 years of experience. He takes a practical, straightforward approach and focuses on real change rather than quick fixes. He works with adults and aims to help them regain emotional balance and healthier relationships.
He uses methods grounded in research to address trauma, addiction, and mood concerns. Sessions focus on reversing emotional dysregulation and reducing the lingering effects of traumatic experiences.
How David works
David pays close attention to how stress, sleep, and substance use affect daily life and coping. Parenting and fatherhood concerns are part of his work, as are issues tied to family of origin, blended families, and separation. He also helps people navigate grief, anger, and feelings of emptiness that follow major life changes.
First responder stress and compassion fatigue are included in his focus areas. David blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive and client-centered techniques to build skills and insight. He can incorporate relationship-focused tools like the Gottman Method when improving communication and intimacy is a goal.
Sessions aim to create practical steps people can use between meetings. People who choose him typically want a direct style and clear strategies. He supports coaching-style goals as well as deeper therapeutic work.
His practice accepts international clients and offers multiple remote formats to fit different schedules and needs.
David lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Missouri |
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Online support options
Approaches for online healing and practical change
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, depression, trauma aftereffects, and choices about life direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns; it can help with mood issues, anxiety, sleep, and substance-related problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and the client's own resources, giving people space to make sense of their experiences and build self-directed goals.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences, then recommend methods that fit the person’s needs. Together they adjust techniques over time so sessions remain practical and relevant.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone calls can fit a short break, and messaging or chat can work for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, parenting, and travel.
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