David Wieder

I come from a family with a lot of intergenerational trauma - war refugees, parental abandonment, sexual trauma, addiction, and suicide. My first step on the path to becoming a therapist was to learn how to manage my own anxiety and depression. Working in mental health treatment has lead me to an understanding of my own inner workings, and it continually reminds me of where I can get myself into trouble. What keeps me in this field is a desire to share what I know. It feels good to help others.

I start with trauma-informed narrative work to develop an understanding of each individual, couple, or family in their own relational and cultural context. I encourage mindfulness and somatic based self-healing practices, We'll discuss the process of creating meaning in your life, and how this is essential to mental health. Together we'll develop and continually update an action plan for change in your life,

I believe that the central process of therapy is for the therapist to tell the client what they are thinking and feeling, to honestly convey themselves. The client learns to vulnerably convey themselves to the therapist from the modeling provided by the therapist, and improves their ability to attend to others. This approach can be quite challenging but works to address a wide variety of issues. We will strengthen our relationship so that you can do the same thing in your other relationships.