David Highfill, LCSW

Each person experiences depression, guilt, fear, grief and confusion.  You do not have to experience these feelings alone.  Asking for help can get you the support you may need.  It is often more helpful to discuss and work through these issues with someone who is not a family member or friend.  Talking with someone who can speak to you honestly and openly can help you see the issue more clearly without personal or emotional biases, which is something friends and family can’t always provide.

I work to assist you in prioritizing your goals by learning and developing your strengths. Together we will explore coping patterns that have worked for you and learn to recognize triggers to those coping and behavior patterns that have kept you from reaching your goals.

I incorporate a holistic, strengths-based, reality centered approach focusing on your unique lifestyle and support system so that we can work toward strengthening what works well for you.  This focus allows us to explore and build on the positive aspects of your situation and not just look at the negative issues.  I utilize a variety of techniques depending on your situation drawing from reality therapy, motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral treatment, solution focused and existential therapy.

I received my MSW from UCLA in 1996 and became an LCSW in 2003.  My areas of specialization are grief and loss, managing health and lifestyle changes, relationship counseling, LGBT issues, and balancing demanding careers with personal lives.