Equitable, Ethical, Remarkable Care.
Dave Ursillo, Jr. (MA, LPCA) is a holistic mental health counselor at Mindset Time Counseling with a passion for providing exceptional mental healthcare to adults in Connecticut. Now accepting new clients!
Now Booking New Clients
UPDATE 1/17/25: I’m excited to announce that I have accepted a position at Mindset Time Counseling in East Windsor, CT! I will be accepting telehealth clients immediately and beginning in-person sessions in February 2025.
It’s your life. What story are you telling?
Welcome! I’m Dave Ursillo (he/him/his). I’m a Professional Counselor Associate (LPCA) and mental health clinician based in Connecticut and I believe that you are the author of your life’s story.
I love to help clients live the story of their lives in ways that feel freeing, safe, and unapologetically true to themselves.
With clinical experience in private practice as well as college mental health, I’ve had the pleasure of working with nearly 100 clients ranging in age from 17 to 57 since 2023.
Past clients have experienced a range of personal crises, professional challenges, relationship issues, and mental health difficulties.
I’ve worked with professionals and homemakers, parents and caregivers, international college students and first-generation Americans, law enforcement personnel and first responders, CEOs and healthcare professionals, those in recovery from substance use, and those religious and areligious.
By honoring our differences in identity, experience, upbringing, culture, sexual orientation, country of origin, gender identity, immigration status, and developmental and acquired disabilities, I believe in cultivating a truly personal counseling journey with you.
My Therapeutic Process
Evaluate & Untangle
Comprehensive, holistic intake evaluation and assessment of your holistic health and wellness, honoring your full identity, culture, and life experiences. We explore your goals and a focus of treatment.
Co-Create Stability
We begin to establish an equitable therapeutic alliance based in trust, openness, and empathic rapport. We co-create a client-guided sense of mental and emotional stability to help improve your day-to-day functioning.
Develop in Wellness
We continue to engage in a sustainable, long-time process of supporting, uplifting, and developing your ever-evolving sense of wholeness and wellness—something that will last you a lifetime.
What it’s like to work with me
As an innately curious person, I’ve been listening to the stories and experiences of people for my whole—well before I became a therapist.
That’s why I bring a lot of compassion, deeply attentive listening, and relentless understanding into my counseling room.
But listening is just part of the therapeutic equation.
I love to help my clients delve deeper into their own unique understanding for their struggles—and, how their hopes, goals, dreams, and strengths also comprise their unique senses of “self.”
“Deeper” is the key word.
As a skilled listener, Highly Sensitive Person, and former coach and professional communicator with worlds of experience in everything from entrepreneurship to nonprofits, politics and community outreach, yoga and beyond, I have the unique ability of helping clients identify pieces of the proverbial “puzzle” of their lives.
And, I help clients start to organize a fuller, more whole, more complete picture of who they truly are.
From developing healthy boundaries to practicing self-honoring communication, learning what science and modern research has to say about psychology and how our brains and emotions work, you’ll experience an enriching, personable therapeutic experience—replete with the occasional, oftentimes self-deprecating “dad joke”.
Most Insurance & Private Pay Accepted
Anthem
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Cigna
ConnectiCare
Harvard Pilgrim
HUSKY Health
Medicaid & Medicare
Optum
Oxford
TRICARE
UnitedHealthcare
Clinical Experience
Since 2023, I’ve had the joy of working alongside adults ranging in age from 17 to 57 years old and have worked in private practice as well as college mental health.
I was trained in a traditional, medical model approach to counseling that prioritized risk assessment, client welfare, and appropriate diagnosis and treatment.
I was also trained in identity-focused counseling to honor intersectional identities and experiences of clients, especially from historically marginalized or minoritized identities.
My studies in holistic mental health counseling at Salve Regina University in Newport, RI further enhanced my personal and professional experiences in mindfulness and holism to provide well-rounded, client-centered approaches to mental wellness.
As a clinician, I have strong proficiencies in:
• Individual Counseling
• Group Process Counseling
• Intake Assessment and Evaluation
• PHQ-9 and GAD-7 Assessment
• DSM-5-TR Clinical Diagnosis
• Treatment Planning
• Suicidality Risk Assessment (C-SSRS)
• Clinical Record-Keeping
• Case Presentations
• Interdisciplinary Health Team Coordination of Care
• Client Advocacy and Psychoeducation
• Cross-Cultural Humility
• Trauma-Informed Care
• Strong Therapeutic Alliances
Theoretical Orientations
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Narrative & Existential Therapy
Previous Experiences
Before entering the field of mental health, I worked a variety of service-oriented professional roles as a small business owner and entrepreneur, including as a life coach, writing and story coach, workshop facilitator, speaker, professional writer, registered yoga teacher (RYT-200, YACEP), and copywriting marketer.
Throughout this time, I supported the personal growth, self-discovery, and wellness goals of more than 300 clients over thousands of dedicated hours of one-on-one work.
I also taught thousands of students in yoga classes, writing workshops, and destination retreats across four continents.
Since 2009, my narrative-based writing and storytelling have been read by hundreds of thousands of readers from over 160 countries.
Today, as a Mental Health Counselor, my supervisors and colleagues agree that these non-clinical experiences have supported rapid development and advanced proficiencies at a higher level of clinical ability than they would otherwise expect of first-time clinicians.
Combined with my empathetic and attentive disposition, commitment to lifelong learning, and eagerness to support emerging adults in their growth and development, I am a strong candidate to support the mission of your organization in the service of clients.
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