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David Burrows

LCSW

Are you achieving success in various aspects of your life, yet still feel an underlying sense of inadequacy and brokenness? You're not alone. Many of my clients may have achieved significant success professionally, academically, or within their families, yet they may also carry a deep-seated belief that they are inherently flawed. They yearn for a sense of fulfillment, recognition, and acceptance of their true selves. My goal is to create a therapeutic alliance where you feel heard, validated, and empowered to embark on a transformative healing process.

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Pronouns: He/Him/His

TREATMENT APPROACH

As your therapist, I will strive to create a safe and non-judgmental space for you to explore your deepest thoughts and feelings. I understand that you may carry around wounds, regrets, or traumas that continue to impact your life, and I'm here to help guide you toward healing and self-discovery. The approach that I tend to take with my clients, and that they tend to prefer, involves blending together less structured, relational or client-centered approaches with parts of other approaches that are more structured or intervention-based, such as, for example, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART). Together, I know we can heal wounds and work towards unlocking your full potential and finding a deeper sense of purpose and fulfillment!

SPECIALITIES

  • Person-Centered Therapy

  • Attachment Theory and Psychoanalytic Approaches

  • Grief and Loss

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

  • ACT

  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)

  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

  • Trauma-Informed Approaches

  • Couples Counseling with a Gottman Method-informed Approach

  • Faith Transitions

  • ​Existential Crises

  • LGBTQIA+

  • Client-Centered and Relational TherapY

AGE OF SPECIALTY

  • Pre Teens

  • Adolecents

  • Young Adults

  • Adults

  • Older Adults

TYPES OF THERAPY

  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) 

  • Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT) 

  • Motivational Interviewing 

  • Dialectical Behavioral (DBT) / Mindfulness 

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT) 

  • Trauma Focused 

  • Strengths Based Perspective

  • ART

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“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us
know that we are not alone.”

-Fred Rogers

KNOW YOUR THERAPIST

WHAT DID YOU GET YOUR DEGREE(S) IN AND WHERE FROM?

Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from the University of Texas at Austin. I also hold a Bachelor of Arts (BA), also from UT-Austin, and double majored in English and Philosophy.

SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Since becoming a social worker, I have also worked in social worker and therapist capacities in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings, at times working with individuals facing severe mental health challenges. Before going back to UT-Austin to earn my Masters degree, I worked for almost 8 years as a program manager/coordinator at a non-profit clinic in Austin, TX, for a program designed to help kids and adolescents with mental health or behavioral/developmental conditions to succeed in school.

WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO BECOME A THERAPIST?

In my role as program manager/coordinator at the non-profit clinic, I had the chance to work closely with social workers who were also serving as therapists, and I grew to appreciate their unique perspective and I gained a deeper interest in learning about how the mind works and why, and also about what we can do to improve our mental health. I have also benefited from being in therapy myself! I feel that given my background and what I have learned, both professionally and personally, I am equipped to help my clients along in their own therapeutic journeys.

WHAT HAS SHAPED YOUR THERAPEUTIC APPROACH?

I would say that my approach is based, primarily, on the fact that you and I are both humans and that there is something deeply healing that flows from our capacity to relate to each other on a human-to-human level. I have personally benefited so much from feeling heard, understood and validated, and that is the foundation of the approach I use with my clients. I have also benefited a lot from many of the interventions found in many of the structured therapy approaches I draw from. The exercises and coping skills and interventions found in those approaches really work. Of course I would want to help you benefit from them as well!

WHAT KIND OF HOMEWORK OR ASSIGNMENTS DO YOU GIVE CLIENTS?

It depends on the client and on what their unique needs are and which approach we are taking at the time. I would say that more than "homework," I'll tend to provide you copies of handouts or worksheets that we may occasionally review together in session, for your reference.

HOW SHOULD I PREPARE FOR MY FIRST SESSION WITH YOU?

Reflect a little upon what you would like to get out of being in therapy, and more especially what positive changes you would like to see in your life as a result of being in therapy. At one point I will likely ask you to imagine the kind of life you want, since that helps us to figure out what we can work on together!

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