David Troup is the Principal Clinical Psychologist of Here Comes The Sun Psychology Clinic. He is passionate about understanding the personal experiences of his clients and providing evidenced-based treatments that are tailored to their needs, strengths and values. David offers psychological treatment to adolescents and adults for a wide range of difficulties including depression, anxiety, stress, addiction, PTSD, complex trauma and adjusting to life events.

David’s primary therapeutic modality is cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) however depending on the needs of his clients, David will utilise strategies from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), schema therapy (ST), motivational interviewing (MI) and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR). David is friendly and relaxed in his approach and works with clients during therapy to set and work towards their goals.

He has developed experience with treating a wide range of mental health conditions from years of working in public health, at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Canterbury Hospital outpatient drug and alcohol clinics and Sutherland Hospital community mental health clinic. David also has experience at South Coast Private Hospital where he provided group cognitive behavioural therapy for mood and anxiety disorders and a dialectical behaviour therapy-based distress tolerance group for a range of conditions.

David holds a general registration with the Psychology Board of Australia and an area of practice endorsement in clinical psychology. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and registered provider of psychological services with Medicare.