- Strengths-based focus
- Skill building
- Sleep support
About Michelle
Michelle Davis is a licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) with 13 years of clinical social work experience in Michigan. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and sleep-related concerns, meeting people where they are and listening first. Her approach is straightforward and strengths-based, emphasizing what clients already do well and how to build on it.
Michelle uses conversational, goal-oriented sessions to help people sort what matters most. She adapts her style to each person, blending client-centered methods with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness tools when they fit. Sessions often focus on clear steps, small experiments, and manageable skills to try between meetings.
She has worked with a broad mix of concerns including addictions, grief, intimacy questions, eating issues, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and family-of-origin or adoption-related matters. Michelle also supports people navigating blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and communication problems. Her background includes helping people cope with life changes, trauma-related symptoms, and co-occurring conditions.
Michelle emphasizes collaboration: she listens, helps set priorities, and adjusts plans as needed. She encourages practical strategies for better sleep, coping skills for anxiety, and clearer communication with others. Taking a first step can feel hard, and she aims to make the early sessions feel manageable and focused.
Clients work toward real, usable changes at a pace that fits their life. Michelle combines experience, a respectful listening stance, and concrete tools to help people move forward with daily routines, relationships, and emotional regulation.
How Michelle’s approaches fit into online therapy
Michelle commonly blends client-centered work with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments. Client-centered Therapy emphasizes listening and collaboration so clients set the pace and topics for work together. CBT offers practical tools for anxiety, sleep problems, and mood shifts with clear steps to practice between sessions.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques when emotion regulation or intense reactions get in the way of daily life. DBT tools teach short-term grounding, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that can reduce crisis moments and improve communication over time. These approaches are presented in plain language and matched to each person’s needs rather than applied the same way to everyone.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Michelle will listen to your goals, try methods that fit, and adjust plans together as progress or new challenges appear. The aim is to pick tools that match what you want to change and what feels doable in your life.
Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to work around busy schedules, fit sessions into a lunch break, avoid travel time, or use shorter check-ins when life is hectic. Licensed professionals can guide practical skills for sleep, anxiety, or relationship concerns through conversation and exercises adapted for remote sessions.
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Experience
13+ years
Credentials
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Michelle help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting concerns, sleep and eating issues, addictions, grief, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and several family-related topics.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is client-centered and practical, focusing on the person’s strengths and clear steps to try between sessions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 13 years of clinical social work experience working with a wide range of mental health and family issues.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is licensed in Michigan and holds the LMSW credential.
Can sessions be conducted in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and priced?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.