Michelle Davis

Michelle Davis is a Licensed Master Social Worker with 13 years of clinical social work experience in Michigan. She uses a trauma-focused approach alongside other methods to help people take practical steps toward feeling better. Michelle speaks plainly and aims to make sessions feel manageable for busy lives.

She focuses on common worries like stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship strain. She also helps with parenting concerns, grief, addiction-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, autism spectrum issues, blended family adjustments, and caregiver stress.

Michelle uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. She often draws on Client-Centered ideas to follow a person’s lead, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, and Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events are shaping current struggles. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and the Gottman Method inform work on emotion regulation and relationship communication when relevant.

Her style centers on listening, building on strengths, and making a clear plan together. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with tools and homework when they help. Michelle emphasizes collaboration so people feel part of decisions about their care.

To start, she asks for a short questionnaire to match needs and then schedules sessions according to availability. Sessions are conducted in English and follow Michigan licensing standards.

How therapy approaches guide online care

Michelle often blends Trauma-Focused Therapy with Client-Centered and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approaches. Trauma-Focused Therapy involves gently looking at how past events affect current feelings and behavior, and building coping strategies to reduce their impact. Client-Centered work focuses on following the person’s lead, listening closely, and building on strengths to set goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaches specific skills to change them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Michelle collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She adjusts pacing and tools over time so sessions stay useful and relevant.

The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and make it simpler to continue care during life transitions. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT exercises, trauma-informed pacing, and client-centered conversation to remote appointments to keep the focus on practical steps and real-world progress.