David Chittenden, ACA
16 years in practice
David Chittenden is an ACA counsellor with 16 years of professional experience.
License and registration
- ACA
- 15684 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English
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About David
David Chittenden is an ACA counsellor with 16 years of professional experience. He helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain or big life changes. He aims to create straightforward, respectful conversations that help people move forward.
David adapts each session to a person’s needs. He mixes practical strategies with talking therapies and, where helpful, hypnotherapy. Sessions often focus on clearer communication, building confidence, and short-term tools to manage mood and worry.
Background and approach
People bring many kinds of struggles to sessions, from grief and trauma to career doubts, parenting pressures or questions about intimacy and kink. He also works with challenges like chronic illness, blended family dynamics, fertility and fatherhood issues. The work balances present-day coping with looking at patterns from family background.
His style is calm and direct. He helps people set goals, try new behaviours and reflect on what matters to them. Sessions can include mindfulness, cognitive work, relationship-focused techniques and exploration of personal meaning.
David offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different rhythms of life. To begin, a person completes a short questionnaire and books a time that fits their schedule. He encourages realistic steps and celebrates progress along the way.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything David lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches David names
- Hypnotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approach-driven care available online
David blends hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and existential conversation depending on what each person needs. Hypnotherapy involves guided, focused attention to help with habits, anxiety and motivation. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical skills for managing worry and mood. Existential therapy helps people reflect on values, purpose and life choices when facing big changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through options, set goals and adjust the plan as work unfolds. Clients help decide what feels useful and which methods to try next so therapy matches their aims and temperament.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different days and needs. Video suits deeper conversations when seeing facial cues helps. Phone can be useful if bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and messaging work for brief updates, reflections between sessions or when typing is easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caring duties or travel while keeping regular contact with a therapist.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does David help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family problems, grief, trauma and many life transitions. Other focus areas include parenting, intimacy questions, ADHD, career concerns and chronic illness.
What is his approach in sessions?
Sessions use practical strategies alongside reflective conversation. He may bring in CBT, mindfulness, hypnotherapy or relationship methods depending on the issue.
How much experience does he have?
David has 16 years of professional work experience working with a wide range of concerns and life stages.
What credentials and location are listed?
He is listed as ACA and practises in Australia.
In which languages can I work with him?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats are available?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to match different preferences and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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