About David
David Spellman is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida. He blends practical tools with thoughtful conversation to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, mood concerns, and life changes.
Background and approach
He uses straightforward methods so clients can start making small changes quickly. Sessions often focus on identifying patterns, testing new behaviors, and setting clear steps to move forward.
David draws on approaches that value the client’s perspective and real-life goals. David has worked in mental health since 2012 and brings eleven years of direct clinical experience to his practice.
His background includes internships in community mental health and crisis settings, plus roles that connected hospitals and local care providers. That range of work informs how he addresses complex problems such as bipolar disorder, substance use, and trauma.
In independent practice since 2019, he meets with people about depression, addiction, parenting concerns, grief, intimacy issues, and questions about identity. He also helps with communication problems, commitment worries, and the fallout of separation or infidelity.
Sessions are practical, focused, and paced to the client’s needs. Clients can expect a conversational style that listens first and then suggests clear strategies.
David’s training in marriage and family therapy shapes his attention to relationships and patterns that repeat over time. He offers video, phone, chat, and text-based sessions to fit different schedules and preferences.
Online approaches that fit your life
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s experience in the moment. The therapist listens deeply and helps clients name what matters to them, which can be useful for issues like self-esteem, identity, and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It teaches specific skills to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, often helping with anxiety, depression, and anger.
Narrative Therapy pays attention to the stories people tell about themselves. It helps separate a person from their problems and rewrite those stories, which can ease feelings of shame, guilt, or a stuck sense of self.
Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, goals, and preferences, then suggest an approach or mix of approaches. This is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit short check-ins or busy days. These options let people fit therapy into work breaks, school schedules, or family routines while keeping care consistent and accessible.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English