David Todora, LPC

David Todora is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with thirty years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and life changes. He practices in Texas and uses practical methods to help clients manage everyday struggles. David writes plainly and focuses on clear steps people can try between sessions. He began his career working across age groups, including children, adolescents, couples, and adults, which gave him broad experience with different life stages. Over time his practice shifted toward adolescents, adults, parenting concerns, and the stresses that come with caring for aging parents. He also has experience with issues military families may face. David uses approaches that emphasize thinking patterns and problem solving. He blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with solution-focused techniques to break problems into manageable parts and build workable routines. Sessions typically focus on identifying helpful thinking habits and testing small changes in daily life. His counseling style is collaborative and straightforward. He aims to make sessions feel like practical conversations where goals are clear and progress is measurable. People who prefer a step-by-step plan and concrete tools often find this approach helpful. David helps with mood disorders, panic and anxiety, postpartum depression, workplace stress, parenting and fatherhood issues, guilt and shame, life purpose, caregiver stress, and young adult concerns. He also supports clients dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder and challenges related to aging and geriatric issues. To begin, a simple questionnaire and scheduling step match people to an appropriate session time. He offers multiple ways to connect, making it easier to fit counseling into a busy life.

Approaches that fit online counseling

David uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns and build new habits. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and everyday stress by breaking problems into small, testable steps.

He also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set clear, short-term goals and identify practical changes that lead toward those goals. This approach is geared toward quick, concrete progress and works well for parenting issues, workplace challenges, and transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences and recommend a mix of methods that fit your needs. Over time those choices can be adjusted based on what proves most helpful.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and screen sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions can be helpful when video is not practical or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, homework follow-up, or ongoing coach-style support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and to try outpatient approaches from wherever you are in Texas.