- Relationship focus
- Practical skills
- 37 years experience
About David
David Pecoraro is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 37 years of practice helping people manage relationship strain, mood challenges, and addiction. He focuses on practical ways to improve communication and reduce conflict in close relationships. People come to him for help with depression, anxiety, parenting strain, trauma, and problems that affect daily life.
He uses straightforward conversation and active feedback to find what works for each person. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skill building, and steps people can try between meetings. David adapts his approach when needed to address mood swings, substance use, or patterns that keep coming up in relationships.
His methods draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the Gottman Method, and psychodynamic ideas. That mix supports both short-term problem solving and deeper work about how past experiences shape current behavior. Treatment plans are made together so goals match what the client wants to change.
David has long experience helping people facing divorce, blended family strain, codependency, infidelity, and fatherhood challenges. He also supports people coping with natural or human-caused disasters and other sudden life changes. He aims to give practical tools along with perspective so clients feel more able to handle stress.
Sessions are delivered from his California practice and are conducted in English. Before scheduling, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then pick times that fit their needs.
He uses straightforward conversation and active feedback to find what works for each person. Sessions emphasize clear goals, skill building, and steps people can try between meetings. David adapts his approach when needed to address mood swings, substance use, or patterns that keep coming up in relationships.
His methods draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, the Gottman Method, and psychodynamic ideas. That mix supports both short-term problem solving and deeper work about how past experiences shape current behavior. Treatment plans are made together so goals match what the client wants to change.
David has long experience helping people facing divorce, blended family strain, codependency, infidelity, and fatherhood challenges. He also supports people coping with natural or human-caused disasters and other sudden life changes. He aims to give practical tools along with perspective so clients feel more able to handle stress.
Sessions are delivered from his California practice and are conducted in English. Before scheduling, people are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then pick times that fit their needs.
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