Dave Felder, LAC

Licensed Associate Counselor

I believe meaningful counseling begins with a relationship in which you feel heard, respected, and safe enough to be honest about what you are experiencing.

My approach to counseling is compassionate, collaborative, and practical. I work with adults and couples who may be struggling with anxiety, painful or distressing experiences, relationship difficulties, grief, life transitions, or seasons in which life simply feels overwhelming or uncertain.

I do not believe counseling should be a one-size-fits-all process. Each person brings a unique history, set of relationships, values, strengths, struggles, and hopes for the future. My role is to understand those experiences and work alongside you as we identify patterns, explore what may be keeping you stuck, and develop healthier ways of moving forward.

My Approach to Counseling

Counseling with me is intended to be both supportive and purposeful. There may be times when you need space to process difficult emotions and experiences, and other times when our work becomes more focused on understanding patterns, developing new skills, improving communication, or making meaningful changes in your life.

Depending upon your needs and goals, counseling may include exploring relationships and attachment patterns, emotional responses, thoughts and beliefs, past experiences, communication patterns, coping strategies, personal values, and the ways these areas affect your present life.

When appropriate, I may also incorporate approaches such as EMDR and other trauma-informed interventions into our work.

Above all, I want counseling to be a collaborative process. You remain an active participant in determining what we focus on and what meaningful progress looks like for you.

Professional Background

My path into professional counseling developed through years of helping individuals, couples, and families navigate difficult seasons of life.

My educational background includes graduate training in professional counseling as well as pastoral care and counseling, along with undergraduate study in ministerial leadership. This combination has shaped an approach that values sound clinical practice while also recognizing the importance that relationships, meaning, values, faith, and spirituality can have in a person's life.

I am an Arizona Licensed Associate Counselor (LAC). I provide counseling through Heart CARE Counseling in Glendale, Arizona, with telehealth services available throughout Arizona. 

Heart CARE Counseling, LLC is a Board-approved supervised private practice. Counseling services are provided under Board-approved clinical supervision.

Faith, Spirituality & Your Values

You do not need to be Christian—or religious at all—to receive counseling at Heart CARE Counseling.

Clients of all beliefs and backgrounds are welcome and respected.

For clients who desire it, counseling can thoughtfully incorporate Christian faith, Scripture, prayer, personal spirituality, religious beliefs, or other values that are meaningful to them. For clients who do not want faith or spirituality incorporated into counseling, it will not be assumed or imposed.

Your beliefs and values belong to you, and my responsibility is to understand and respect the role you want them to have in the counseling process.

What I Hope You Experience Here

Counseling does not require you to have everything figured out before you begin.

You may simply know that something is not working, that a relationship is hurting, that the past continues to affect the present, or that you want your life to look different than it does today.

Heart CARE Counseling provides a place where those concerns can be explored honestly and compassionately while working toward greater understanding, healthier relationships, and meaningful change.