About Michael
Michael Davis helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and addiction. He also supports those dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, ADHD, and questions around identity. Michael is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 19 years of practice experience.
He keeps sessions straightforward and direct. Conversations focus on what is happening now and practical steps to feel better. Michael uses plain language so parents and caregivers can follow along easily.
How Michael works
Michael draws on several approaches to match each person's needs. He blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy. Mindfulness and existential ideas are used when they fit a person's goals.
Sessions often include talking through difficult memories, learning new ways to respond to stress, and practicing concrete skills for handling strong emotions. He pays attention to patterns from family history and attachment without getting lost in jargon. People who work with him can expect collaborative planning and clear tasks between sessions.
Michael aims to help people manage symptoms, improve communication, and build routines that support daily functioning. He frames progress in small, realistic steps and checks in on what works and what needs to change.
Michael lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Michael works with
The areas below are the ones Michael selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online options
Michael commonly uses client-centered therapy which focuses on listening closely and following the person's lead to build trust and clarity. This approach helps when someone needs a space to talk through feelings and make decisions about next steps.He also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT is practical and works well for anxiety, depression, and patterns like avoidance or unhelpful thinking. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, useful when emotions feel overwhelming.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. He will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to find tools that feel useful and doable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let sessions feel face-to-face, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can fit around work or caregiving tasks. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on goals without long travel times or scheduling barriers.
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