David Thomas

David Thomas is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 11 years of clinical experience. He brings a focus on relationships and practical help for people feeling stuck by life changes. He works from a place of compassion shaped by his faith and long personal experience in family life. David aims to make hard conversations easier to start. He listens closely and uses clear assessment tools to understand concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma, and career stress. That information guides short-term treatment plans when appropriate. His approach includes helping people rebuild trust, manage grief, and cope with major life changes. He also addresses addiction, eating and anger issues, intimacy-related problems, and low self-esteem. He lists adoption and foster care, family of origin issues, infidelity, and mood disorders among additional focus areas. David uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Trauma-Focused Therapy in his work. He reports experience supporting people affected by post-traumatic stress and compassion fatigue as part of his trauma practice. He notes offering services to people navigating parenting and relationship difficulties. Outside of the office he has been married for many years and is a parent and grandparent. He holds a Master of Church Music from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and a Master of Psychology Counseling with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy from Palm Beach Atlantic University. He lives in Florida and practices as an LMFT.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting a person to find their own solutions. In practice this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects what they hear, and helps people make sense of their feelings and choices.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on practical skills for managing thoughts and behaviors. It often includes simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build new coping habits for anxiety, depression, and stress.

Trauma-Focused Therapy targets the effects of traumatic events and uses structured methods to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. This can be helpful for people dealing with post-traumatic stress, compassion fatigue, or trauma-related symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as work progresses. Clients and the therapist decide together what to try and when to adjust.

Confirm the current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins, and offer a way to meet when geography or schedules would otherwise be a barrier. Licensed professionals can use online work to continue practical, goal-focused therapy that fits daily routines.