David is a Clinical Psychologist and a Psychology Board of Australia Approved Supervisor. After completing his PhD and clinical training in Australia, David did a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship as a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University in the United States. Outside of our practice, he is now a Senior Lecturer at Curtin University, where he trains postgraduate psychology students and directs a large research group on emotions and mental health. David is the National Chair of the Australian Psychological Society College of Clinical Psychologists. He is an internationally recognised expert in emotion regulation, having published over 100 journal articles and book chapters, including invited chapters in the Handbook of Emotion Regulation and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology.

In therapy, David works with adults, adolescents, and children. Therapy sessions with David often have a focus not just on helping to manage stress, but also on learning about ourselves and reflecting on what would take life in meaningful directions. A common goal is to get you closer to the life you want to live, and to build the skills (e.g., emotion regulation skills) to handle the challenges that can come up along the way. David tries to create a warm, friendly environment, and uses a variety of evidence-based techniques tailored to clients’ individual needs and goals (e.g., cognitive behaviour therapy, schema therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, existential psychotherapy).

David has received a number of national and international awards for his work, including awards from the Australian Psychological Society, Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy, and the Association for Psychological Science.