Derek Durst

Great experience

Derek helped me to work through my anxiety and create a framework that allowed me to leave my toxic workplace environment in a manner that wasn't impulsive or self destructive. He's a phenomenal listener, and really understood the traumas that I had experienced while simultaneously treating me with respect.

Great therapist, calm and patient

Derek is a thoughtful person. He approaches his clients with respect and cares for their well being. I feel heard and supported by him.

A very good therapist and an understanding individual. Listens to my concerns and helps me think in different perspectives without fear of judgement. He is very personable and experienced in life and has great insight on an array of different topics. He supports you just like a friend and really brings in the human aspect to therapy.

Derek Durst has let me get out my stress. I'm able to talk and go thoroughly through everything in my mind that is mentally slowing me down. I felt so heavy when I first started and now that I'm getting everything out, I feel so much better both physically and mentally. He's also provided me with worksheets and concrete tools to use in the future. I highly recommend Derek Durst!

I have only spoken to Derek Durst a few times, but I appreciate the fact that he is so personable and relatable. The little things he shares about his own family and experiences helps me because I can see that he's human just like the rest of us. It's definitely more comfortable feeling like I'm talking to a friend than a 'doctor'. I appreciate his kind approach, his compassion for my feelings, and I would absolutely recommend him to anyone needing to talk to someone without feeling like they are being judged.

Great guy. Thorough and honest.

Great counselor, very helpful and works with our busy schedule.

Derek is great! He's always there, sends me articles to look over, and reviews my journal entries before sessions. I feel very comfortable talking to him and he is quick to offer solutions. Thank you Derek!

We appreciate Derek's approachability and demeanor. He does a very nice job keeping the conversation going and encouraging us to explore different ideas. He also sends very good resources after each session that help us to reflect on our conversations and prepare for the next session.

Derek is a great listener. He takes notice of our conversation and can really help cue in on the real problem of the day and through his guidance, my mind eventually finds a solution or recognizes the "real problem" then he provides me with reference or reading materials that help me understand. Thank you!

I appreciate my counselor’s open and easygoing dialogue, as well as the worksheets, articles and podcasts he sends in addition to the sessions. I find all of these tools very useful in my day-to-day life. I would highly recommend!

I've only had 2 sessions with Derek so far, but he has been great in asking the right questions to drill down on my issues. I'm very happy that I matched with him.

Derek’s an excellent professional who I would highly recommend. He’s patient, kind, sincere, and I believe genuinely cares.

I’ve met with him once but I’m already having a vastly superior therapy experience vs my last one. Great listener, takes time to understand. Doesn’t impose too quickly.

Derek has been nothing but kind, attentive, and helpful. He’s given me some worksheets to help and he’s made sure to reach out when I’ve been a little absent due to life happening. Couldn’t recommend both Derek and teen counseling enough.

Derek has shown me true empathy and actively listens to me every session. He consistently messages me with articles and podcasts that are helpful and always responds to my messages in a timely matter. I am genuinely thankful for him.

Had a great experience with Derek as a counselor. He excels are working to understand the problem(s) you are trying to solve through questions and open dialogue; also works with you by providing a variety of strategies to work on overcoming issues so that you can work towards finding the best approach for you.

Derek was thoughtful, humorous, and positive. For me I found the upbeat vibe in our sessions to be not what I preferred, though he was very pleasant to work with!

Dr. Durst has helped me learn a lot about myself, my marriage, and how to approach situations that cause me stress or anger in a healthy way. He’s very personable and easy to talk to. I would definitely recommend him to someone looking for counseling.

Really good counselor and provides detailed insights into how to handle issues. Only critique would be for the sessions to go quicker when it comes to getting to the main topic of the counseling session that the counselor would like to discuss.

Very helpful, asks lots of questions and will help you with exactly what you want help with.

I just started working with Dr. Durst.

I feel confident that he will be a strong part of my growth: spiritually, mentally and emotionally.

Mr. Durst has been amazing during this time. My husbands passing was tragic and has been difficult to deal with. Mr. Durst has reached out between sessions and I feel like he really listens and understands. He gives great feed back and it is really helping. I am so thankful my cousin recommended teencounseling.com, I recommended it to my sister in law as well. Mr. Durst has gone above and beyond. He has made therapy an easy transition from just reaching out to my circle of friends and family. I highly recommend him.

It’s my first time ever trying therapy so I was a bit skeptical. Derek has been kind, respectful, and understanding during counseling with my husband and I. He makes us feel welcomed and uses a nonjudgmental approach to offer solutions. I can see subtle yet positive changes in our relationship and love it. Thank you!

Derek is a great listener, knows how to convey my confused thoughts when I’m not even sure I wanted to go convey it that way. He’s a great therapist.

After completing two months of therapy with Derek, we have reached all of our goals! Derek was supportive and gave us great feedback every time. Really understanding and professional. Highly recommend!

Very polite and understanding

Derek truly is awesome! He works to dig a little deeper (as I’m usually a surface level person) and does so with sensitivity and care. So happy to have found teencounseling.com.

He is very good at his job and listening and seeing things the way they are. Very professional. Hope to keep working with him.

Derek is professional and courteous. He really listens to what I’m saying and gives me tools to combat the exact problems I’m facing. I don’t feel judged or ridiculed, but instead listened to and understood.

Derek took the time to listen to the issues I have been having and that is so important. Then we moved on to discussing how I truly feel, and even let me know that I may feel vulnerable at times. Now we are working on the therapy to help me get my feelings out instead of holding them inside for years on end.
I could not have asked for a more understanding counselor.

Derek Durst is very professional and personable. He is very easy to talk to and open up to. Also he is easy to get in touch with if something comes up. It feels like I’m talking to my best friend when I speak to him. I feel like he is helping me through some major milestones in my life.

He has really given me an outlet for my feelings where i feel comfortable enough to share them which is rare for me. Very grateful for being paired up with him. Thank you.

He was a blessing in perfect timing.

Derek jumps right in and helps by offering support, flexibility, understanding and action-oriented exercises from day one. He even checks in between sessions. He’s a talented, empathetic and effective therapist.