David Stang

Real change, David Stang believes, begins the moment someone feels genuinely heard — not managed, not diagnosed, but actually understood. That conviction has guided his work as a licensed psychologist in Utica, New York, across more than four decades of practice in some of the most demanding clinical environments: inpatient substance abuse programs, correctional facilities, and direct service with military veterans carrying the weight of posttraumatic stress.

He works with teenagers, adults, and older adults navigating anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship strain, and the particular exhaustion that comes from scrolling through a full feed of other people’s lives while feeling like no one actually knows yours. His private practice draws on reflective listening and practical cognitive behavioral techniques — a combination aimed less at clinical abstraction and more at the specific coping skills a person needs to get through the week.

Dr. Stang also brings substantial experience in forensic psychological evaluation, including disability, personal injury, immigration waiver, and criminal responsibility assessments. He holds evening and weekend hours and offers online sessions, and approaches each patient with the same plainspoken attentiveness he has carried throughout his career: friendly, practical, and focused on what genuinely helps.