About David
David Sprouse uses a client-centered approach to help people feel heard and understood. He blends practical strategies with calm listening so clients can tackle stress, anxiety, addiction, and relationship concerns. David holds LCPC and LPC credentials and practices in Virginia.
David draws on five years of licensed counseling experience alongside a long background in healthcare. He focuses on concrete problems like sleep difficulties, eating and body image concerns, parenting strain, career stress, and coping with life changes.
How David works
He also works with trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Sessions are conversational and straightforward. He encourages people to describe their daily challenges and goals, then builds simple steps to try between meetings.
Techniques from cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness are offered when they fit a person’s goals. David also uses emotionally focused and narrative approaches to help people untangle painful patterns and make different meaning of difficult events. He supports people dealing with addiction, codependency, chronic pain and illness, fertility and fatherhood issues, and guilt or shame.
People meet him for a mix of short-term problem solving and longer work on deeper patterns. His style is relaxed but professional, aiming to make sessions feel like a practical space for change. For many clients, the focus is on small, sustainable steps toward better daily coping.
To begin, someone completes the site’s matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to availability. Session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing flexibility for different needs.
David lists 6 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Virginia |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online therapy and change
David often uses client-centered methods that prioritize what matters most to the person. This approach focuses on listening, clarifying goals, and helping the client steer the work in ways that feel useful for daily life. Cognitive behavioral techniques are also part of his work; they help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test small behavioral changes to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change eating patterns.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try things, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time so work stays practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a fuller conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep steady contact while working toward change.
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