David Martin, LCSW

David Martin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Utah and Idaho with 18 years of experience. He has worked in community mental health settings and now practices in a private context. He helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting, and related issues.

Martin draws on person-centered methods as a starting point. He blends elements of cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior techniques, and psychodynamic ideas when they fit the person's needs. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than jargon or lengthy theory discussions.

He has experience supporting people with substance use histories and mental health needs from community-based practice. That background informs straightforward approaches for coping, mood management, and responding to crisis or loss. He also lists work related to blended family issues and adoption and foster care among his focus areas.

In appointments he leans toward listening first, then helping people identify small changes that make a difference. He describes the work as collaborative - planning goals together and checking progress each step of the way. The emphasis is on usable tools and clearer communication at home and in relationships.

Many clients moved to phone and online sessions after 2020. He reports finding these formats effective for some people, and incorporates brief skills coaching, thought-recording, and emotion regulation practices into sessions when useful.