Michelle Davis
Practical, strengths-based help for real life
LMSW Michigan
- Experience
- 13 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Michelle
Michelle Davis is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) in Michigan with 13 years of clinical experience. She centers her work on clear, practical help.
Background and approach
She listens for strengths and builds from what is already working in a person's life. Michelle uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs.
She often draws on the Gottman Method for relationship patterns, client-centered listening to follow a person's lead, and cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. Sessions focus on real problems and small, doable steps forward.
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and self-esteem struggles. Parenting and family strains are also common topics, including adoption and foster care issues and blended family dynamics.
Michelle also supports people coping with ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, eating and sleep problems, and intimacy-related challenges. Her experience includes working with communication problems, codependency, attachment issues, caregiver strain, and family of origin concerns.
She also brings practice with trauma-related issues such as dissociation and responses to natural or human-caused disasters. The goal is steady progress, not quick fixes.
Therapy with Michelle is collaborative. She helps clients set clear goals and chooses techniques that fit those goals.
If someone prefers practical skills work, mindfulness, or talking things through, she adapts the plan to match the person.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Michelle draws on the Gottman Method to look at how people interact and to identify patterns that cause conflict. That approach helps when communication and closeness have become strained. She pairs that with client-centered work that keeps the conversation focused on the person's priorities and lived experience.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT offers concrete exercises and small experiments to shift unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or low mood. Together these approaches give both relational tools and practical skills for everyday struggles.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. From there she shapes a plan that mixes listening, skills practice, and relationship-focused exercises as needed.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and interactive exercises. Phone can fit a busy day when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or use brief written check-ins. These options make it easier to schedule sessions and keep therapy consistent with work, school, and family life.
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Experience
13+ years
Licensed in
Michigan
Languages
English