David S. Wilde LCSW, JD
I provide solution-focused marriage, teen and family counseling & coaching as well as therapy for anxiety, depression, trauma, anger issues, ADHD, and behavioral addictions. My style is warm, direct and interactive. I teach "Active Listening" among other communication skills, often assigning homework. I also utilize EMDR for trauma and PTSD, EFT (“tapping”) - a form of energy psychology, meditation and hypnotherapy. My offices are in New City, NY, in Rockland County near Woodcliff Lake, NJ, and in Warwick, NY in Orange County near Greenwood Lake and Monroe. I also practice virtually via my confidential web portal.​
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My Approach
For true change and healing, traditional psychotherapy alone so often misses the mark. In fact, it sometimes keeps people “stuck” in their problems and addicted to the therapy itself. The traditional psychodynamic method without tools simply does not work for the vast majority of people. I teach practical skills and techniques to my patients and clients, employing alternative, "hands-on" approaches, and often assigning homework between sessions.
Couples Counseling
​I completed an externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, considered by many to be the most successful approach to couples counseling in the world today. It is one of the most well-researched and best validated approaches to couples therapy in North America. An impressive 86 percent of couples reported feeling happier in their relationships. This is in stark comparison to other forms of couples therapy which have been shown in studies to be only about 35 percent effective in healing relationships.