David Highfill

David Highfill holds a conviction that real change begins not with fixing what’s broken, but with building on what already works. The Pasadena-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker draws on a holistic, strengths-based framework — one that treats each person’s existing resources and support system as the starting point, not an afterthought. Whether someone is lying awake at 2 a.m. cycling through a problem they’ve been carrying since a difficult diagnosis, or finding that work stress follows them home through their phone, David helps people identify the patterns that are quietly steering their lives off course.

He works with individuals, couples, and families navigating depression, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and major life transitions — including career upheaval, chronic illness, divorce, aging parents, and professional burnout. His approach draws from cognitive-behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, reality therapy, solution-focused methods, and existential therapy, selected thoughtfully to fit each person’s circumstances rather than applied as a formula.

David earned his MSW from UCLA and has been a licensed clinical social worker since 2003. He holds particular depth in grief and loss, health and lifestyle change, and the challenge of sustaining meaningful relationships and careers at the same time. He offers online sessions.