David Demorest, LPC

David Demorest is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and mood concerns. He writes straightforward goals with each person and emphasizes practical steps. His approach starts with building a trusting relationship before deciding on a plan. David brings 19 years of counseling experience alongside an earlier career in research and radiochemistry. That background shaped his habit of looking for clear patterns behind behavior and symptoms. He uses a mix of methods including cognitive behavioral ideas, client-centered work, hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused strategies to match each person's needs. In sessions he listens first, then helps identify specific problems to address. Treatment plans are practical and adjustable as progress is tracked. When a plan completes, he reassesses and either gives new goals to keep working on or develops a fresh plan if needed. He also draws on experience with biofeedback and neurofeedback as tools some people find helpful for anxiety, depression, or addiction-related difficulties. If a different specialist would better meet a person’s needs, he will refer them to someone with that focus. Outside of work he lives mostly in Boise and spends time near Jackson Hole when he can. He enjoys skiing, canoeing, fly fishing, and time in nature. Those interests shape his belief that steady, doable steps help people regain a sense of control and purpose.

How cognitive and client-centered methods work online

David often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions focus on specific problems, practical exercises, and homework that can be done between meetings, which fits well with an online format.

He also uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where the person leads the conversation and the therapist listens closely. That approach helps people feel understood and sets the stage for collaborative problem solving. In some cases hypnotherapy is offered as an adjunct tool to support relaxation and habit change when appropriate.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels workable. Together they decide whether CBT, client-centered work, hypnotherapy, or a mix will best match the issue at hand.

Online therapy with him is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat is handy for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing notes and short updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to keep consistent progress over time.