David Boeving

Limited Licensed Clinical Social Worker

David Boeving, Ann Arbor therapist, sitting in front of a bookshelf filled with books.

Curiosity towards our experiences—past and present—allows us to radically understand and transform ourselves and how we respond to our world.

This can include better understanding how systems inform our lives, and how our lives inform systems (schools, careers, families, relationships, laws, and more). Being curious about one’s experiences can be intense and challenging – as well as meaningful and empowering. In therapy, we commit to bettering ourselves and our world.

David’s approach to therapy is strengths-based yet rooted in serious reflection. A balance between safety and intensity is crucial for successful therapy. David helps clients take the lead when looking back on significant experiences, and while looking forward to more content and more equitable futures.

David’s therapy practice takes place on the ancestral and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg, Potawatomi, and Wyandotte peoples.

Because therapy is for the self—and might benefit one’s community—I share here a number of readings on social change that may be of interest:

    • Anxiety

    • Depression

    • Trauma/PTSD

    • LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy

    • Perinatal

    • Couples work

    • Grief and loss

    • Life transitions

  • David most often makes use of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and has training in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP).

    • University of Michigan, MSW: Interpersonal Practice in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse

    • Eastern Michigan University, MA: Creative Writing

    • Eastern Michigan University, BS: Philosophy, English

    • During their MSW, David interned as a therapist with the Perinatal Clinic at Michigan Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry, where they offered therapy to a variety of clients within—and beyond—the perinatal period, including group DBT therapy.

    • In addition to offering therapy, David works with a community team to produce wellness-focused writing content through YpsiWrites' Write for Wellness initiative, and publishes writing of various genres.

  • Telehealth/Virtual

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