David Mashburn, M.Ed. has 25 years of combined counseling, coaching and teaching experience in the public school, university, hospital and private settings. In 1995, David earned a Master of Education in Counseling from Georgia State University and completed 2 more years of additional Post-Graduate Studies in Counseling at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1999. In 2013, became an ordained and licensed interfaith minister and is, currently, a Doctor of Religious Studies candidate at the Emerson Theological Institute.
Although David combines compassionate listening with intuition and empathy, he demonstrates an integrative "mind, body, spirit" approach to helping the "whole" person grounded within humanistic, Buddhist, existential and transpersonal psychology and philosophy. Some of David's areas of expertise and interests include anxiety, depression, addiction/substance abuse, loss/grief, trauma/post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), relationships, personal development, creativity, life purpose, spirituality, consciousness, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgendered (LGBT) issues, coming out, HIV/AIDS, careers and artist development.
In addition to pastoral counseling and psychospiritual therapy, David also provides life and career coaching which is tailored for people who do not have clinically significant mental health problems or diagnoses. Adult clients (ages 20+) are self-motivated, open-minded, and love to learn. Although individuals may have a general uneasy sense that something needs to change, they struggle insofar as knowing where to start. In these situations, people pursue support to:
“I am larger and better than I thought. I did not know I held so much goodness.” --Walt Whitman
"Like the hawk does not try to control the wind, elegant spirits control only themselves." --Gary Zukav
"Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule." --Samuel Butler
"I have learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." -- Maya Angelou
"Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives." --Brene Brown
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination." --Napoleon Hill
"The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively." --Bob Marley
To learn more about David Mashburn, M.Ed. and services provided, visit http://www.DavidMashburnMEd.com.