David Spann, LCSW, LISW

David Spann, LCSW, LISW brings nearly three decades of clinical experience to his work. He focuses on relationship concerns and on helping people manage anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and trauma. He draws on plain talk, practical skills, and a strengths-based outlook to help people move forward.

He uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions often address how past attachment patterns and current thinking habits affect relationships and daily functioning. Mindfulness and skills training appear alongside motivational methods to support change in behavior and mood.

Spann’s background includes work in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings, including time at a Naval Hospital working with active duty Marines. That experience informs how he sees the effects of trauma, addiction, and mental illness on family stress and life quality. He also brings years of leadership, program development, and crisis intervention training to his clinical perspective.

Practical tools are part of the process. He uses techniques from trauma-focused cognitive therapies, dialectical behavior therapy, and family systems work to teach coping skills and communication strategies. Sessions aim to strengthen personal resilience and improve how people relate to others.

Many clients benefit from short-term coaching-style work as well as longer therapy. Spann’s schedule includes weekday availability and some flexibility by agreement. Prospective clients should pick the continue button on this profile to begin the matching and scheduling process.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in early relationships and how those patterns affect current connections. It helps people understand why they react to closeness or distance the way they do and supports building more steady ways of relating.

Client-Centered Therapy centers on listening and working at the client’s pace. The therapist follows the person's concerns, reflects what comes up, and helps the client find their own direction and answers.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, including trauma-focused variants, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. It teaches practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and to practice new behaviors in daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and personal preferences. This is a shared process that can change as progress is made.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the specific session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people do mindfulness practice and homework between meetings to reinforce skills learned in sessions.