David Chittenden, ACA

David Chittenden is an ACA counsellor in Australia with 16 years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety and relationship problems. He also works with concerns such as self‑esteem, coping with major life changes, grief and career questions. He lists blended family issues among his additional focus areas and addresses intimacy and sexual culture topics as well.

He meets people in a direct, practical way. Sessions are used to talk through patterns that cause conflict. He brings approaches like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and existential thinking into conversations so clients can test new ways of behaving and thinking. Practical tools and short exercises are common in his work.

David also uses elements from the Gottman Method when relationship behaviour needs clearer structure. He may use hypnotherapy or Jungian ideas when exploring deeper personal meaning or recurring themes. He explains options and helps decide what to try next.

For someone in a stepfamily or blended household he focuses on changes that affect daily routines, co‑parenting tensions, loyalty conflicts and role negotiation. Sessions look at communication, expectations and small experiments to change interactions at home.

People who come to him can expect frank conversation and concrete next steps after each meeting. To arrange a first session a short questionnaire is completed and a time is scheduled through the site’s matching process.