David LaBua, LMFT

David LaBua is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California with 24 years of experience. He helps people who are facing relationship tension, family conflict, intimacy questions, career shifts, and midlife transitions. He approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion.

LaBua adapts sessions to fit what each person needs. He listens carefully and shapes conversations and goals around concrete life concerns. Typical topics include attachment and abandonment wounds, communication problems, control struggles, and issues around sexuality and self-love.

He also supports people navigating divorce or separation, money and financial stress, guilt and shame, and questions about life purpose. Men’s issues and dealing with narcissistic dynamics are among the areas he addresses. Sessions aim to unpack patterns and identify clearer next steps.

LaBua emphasizes practical change alongside emotional processing. He works with clients to build clearer communication, healthier boundaries, and actionable plans for career or relationship changes. The process is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort.

If someone decides to begin, LaBua asks about goals and tailors a plan to match. He frames therapy as a place to try new ways of relating and to develop more satisfying day-to-day habits. The aim is steady progress toward a more fulfilling life.

Approaches that guide online work and finding the right fit

David LaBua uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clarifying patterns and building new habits. One common approach helps people identify and change interaction patterns that get in the way of healthy relationships; it focuses on communication skills, boundary-setting, and practicing new responses. Another approach emphasizes understanding attachment and abandonment experiences to explain why certain fears or behaviors show up in relationships, and then works to create more secure ways of relating.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work together with each person to figure out which methods match their goals, life situation, and personal style. That collaborative exploration helps shape what happens in sessions and the homework or practice steps between meetings.

Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow for shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also lets people meet with licensed professionals from different locations when that suits their needs.