Counseling for Children, Teens and Adults
LifeWorks AZ Counseling offers customized counseling programs for children, teens, and adults throughout Arizona.
Psychotherapist David Abrams' assists his clients in alleviating depression, anxiety, and phobias, creating healthy relationships (healthy communication), treating trauma and pain, coping with grief and loss, building self esteem and social skills, anger management, problem solving, modifying unhealthy behaviors, strengthening self-esteem, gaining insight and awareness to create ones desired change.
He focuses on a strengths based approach in counseling. He believes that highlighting and tapping into all the gifts and strengths people have makes all the difference in creating the changes they desire in their lives. He also believes that it is vital to obtain balance physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually in order to create the desired change.
CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, FAMILIES
I love working with kids and parents. I offer a place for parents to turn when they need help and have questions. I am able to connect with kids—tots to teens, using humor and a flexible approach. Kids quickly feel safe and comfortable, enjoying their time in therapy, and parents feel encouraged. I engage children using play, art, and sports therapy techniques. Therapy strategies with adolescents often address issues of self-esteem, social and peer pressure, identity and self-worth, and emotional regulation and expression. In the therapy process, where healing occurs, families learn healthy and appropriate coping and communication skills and conflict resolution. I am passionate about teaching parenting skills so parents become more effective and more connected with their children.
ADULTS INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
I have years experience helping clients to effectively alleviate depressive and anxious moods, and learn to cope with grief, loss, relationships, and difficult and painful life situations. I work daily with clients on the following issues:
- ANXIETY / PANIC / FEAR (needing skills to calm, soothe, take charge and empower)
- DEPRESSION (finding it more & more difficult enjoying life)
- ANGER (just under the surface, explosive if not managed)
- TRUST (not trusting others, not trusting self)
- RELATIONSHIPS (needing to improve them, learn boundaries / self-care/healthy communication)
- NEGATIVE THOUGHTS (stuck in past or recent painful experience, Self-limiting, Self-destructive behaviors)
- MOTIVATION / CONCENTRATION (struggling to stay focused and motivated)
- CONFIDENCE / SELF-ESTEEM (overwhelming self-doubt causing mistakes, faltering, more doubt).
Counseling Areas
- ADHD
- Anxiety
- Anger Management
- Bipolar
- Careers
- Depression
- Families
- General Mental Health
- Goal Setting
- Grief/Loss
- Oppositional Defiant
- Relationships
- Social Skills
- Sports Mental Training
- Trauma, Abuse, Deprivation
Benefits of Counseling/Psychotherapy
- Acheive Goals
- Alleviate Anxiety & Depression
- Cope with Grief & Loss
- Create Healthy Relationships
- Develop Healthier Sleep Patterns
- Enhance and Regulate Moods
- Establish Healthy Boundaries
- Gain Insight & Awareness of Unhealthy Behavior
- Improve Social Skills
- Learn Effective Communications Skills
- Modify Behavior
- Obtain Problem Solving Techniques
- Strengthen Self Esteem
David Abrams, MAPC, LPC
Testimonials
“David’s enthusiasm and incredible ability to motivate and inspire children, teens and their families is outstanding! His genuine passion for his work is commendable. I recommend him highly.”
“As an adolescent medicine physician, it’s refreshing to find someone who not only has extensive experience working with teens but is so deeply committed to helping them make a successful transition into adulthood.”
"As a former co-worker of Davids’ I have seen him work with a wide variety of people. Seeing him
work with them makes it very apparent that this is what he is meant to do. David has the ability to connect and relate to individuals on a level that is comfortable and understandable for them.
His passion and dedication to his work shines through. He has genuine careand concernfor
every client, this is what makes him so effective in the helping arena."
“David has the unique ability to establish an effective rapport in helping children, adolescents
and adults overcome life’s difficulties.”
Some therapeutic techniques include:
- Cognitive Behavioral
- EMDR
- Play Therapy
- Humanistic
- Solution-Based
- Sports Mental Training
- Strengths-Based
- Talk Therapy
- Trauma, Abuse, Deprivation