About Portia
Portia Davis is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with ten years of experience helping people manage major life stressors. She practices in Kentucky and offers straightforward, compassionate care for people facing mood and anxiety concerns. Portia writes and speaks plainly in sessions to make therapy easy to follow for worried parents and busy adults.
Her work focuses on stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and depression. She also helps people dealing with aging and geriatric issues, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, and end-of-life concerns.
How Portia works
Portia addresses communication problems, impulsivity, feelings of emptiness, and challenges tied to dependent or avoidant personality patterns. Portia emphasizes listening first and then building practical tools. She helps clients recognize unhelpful patterns, try small skill-based changes, and practice new ways of coping between sessions.
Much of her work centers on restoring a sense of purpose and easing guilt or shame. Sessions aim to be collaborative and direct. Portia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person’s goals and life demands.
She supports people working through grief, forgiveness, and complex medical or caregiving situations. People meet with Portia by phone, video call, live chat, or text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Conversations are in English and she does not accept international clients.
What Portia works with
The areas below are the ones Portia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Portia uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in plain, practical ways. One approach emphasizes identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression. This involves noticing thoughts that fuel worry or low mood and practicing alternate responses in everyday situations.Another focus is building coping skills for strong emotions like anger or impulsivity. That work includes short, step-by-step exercises to slow reactions, manage intense feelings, and improve communication. These techniques also help people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness, or life transitions.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. Portia will talk through your goals, try methods that fit your needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. The aim is to find tools that feel practical and doable for your day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier access to ongoing support. Video calls let you work face-to-face when depth or visual cues matter. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins, brief skill practice, and ongoing encouragement between longer sessions.
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