D. ERNST COUNSELING
Giving you the tools to help you heal
ABOUT DAVID ERNST
Licensed Professional Counselor and
a National Certified Counselor.
My name is David. I am the owner of D. Ernst Counseling. I am a country boy that loves to see people work through issues and take control of their lives. I have a heart for trauma and couples counseling. I get the opportunity to do both when I help people work through their sexual addiction, Intimacy Anorexia, or marital issues.
I have been married to my beautiful bride for over 31 years. Some of those years were hard, for the both of us. I brought my childhood traumas, and insecurities into our marriage. It took time, hard work, and grace to get a Godly marriage, but now we have a marriage that has healed and has been beyond my wildest imaginations. Now we are looking forward to spending each minute with each other.
I moved to Colorado to study theology, but God changed that dream one day when I was talking to one of my accountability partners. He said I should become a counselor, because I help him. I felt the Holy Spirit say I want you to become a counselor. I talked to my bride, that night. The Holy Spirit said, “Yes I want him to become a counselor”. I changed my plans and followed God’s and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Christian Counseling at Nazarene Bible college. Then, a Master’s degree in Clinical counseling, from Colorado Christian University.
While in my programs, I learned that I am an eclectic counselor. I look at theories as tools. Not one theory works for every application. Just like a country boy, I use different tools for the different tasks. The same works for me in counseling. Everyone is different, with different issues, so different theories. Even though I am an eclectic counselor I do gravitate to Person Centered Theory. I am present and accessible with the client in their issues.
I would love to help you on your healing journey!
"The one-on-one sessions with David were amazing! He broke down walls, got to the heart of each argument and filled each conversation with God's grace."
-Intensive Client
CERTIFICATIONS
Sexual Recovery Therapist
by The American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy
Intimacy Anorexia Therapist
by The American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy
Partner Recovery Therapist
by The American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy
Partner Betrayal Trauma Therapist
by The American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy
ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
EMDR-
EMDR is a technique widely validated by research for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-PTSD and is being researched on other applications. EMDR is a treatment approach that helps trauma survivors re-process disturbing thoughts and memories, providing profound and stable treatment effects in a short period of time.
