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Michele Davis, LCSW

  • Experience26 years
  • LocationArizona
  • Focus areasADHD, Addictions, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesAttachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Michele

Michele Davis is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 26 years of clinical experience based in Arizona.

Background and approach

She has built a practice helping people navigate complex emotional challenges and life transitions, bringing steady clinical knowledge to concerns such as addiction recovery, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and relationship difficulties.

Her background includes work with families, caregivers, and individuals facing significant change, as well as a range of additional focuses from adoption and foster care to chronic illness and caregiver stress. Her style blends empathic listening with practical interventions, emphasizing self-understanding, resilience, and stronger interpersonal connections.

Michele integrates client-centered and attachment-informed perspectives with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to tailor treatment to each person’s needs. She often works on communication skill-building, managing shame and anger, and developing healthier coping strategies.

Michele approaches therapy with cultural responsiveness and a commitment to collaboration. She supports clients seeking clearer life direction, improved self-esteem, and more effective ways to handle stress and compassion fatigue.

Her practice emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based process that helps clients move toward meaningful change and sustained emotional growth.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Many clients benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practicing concrete skills to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change reactions to stress. Attachment-Based Therapy is useful for exploring relational patterns formed early in life and for rebuilding trust and communication in current relationships. Both approaches can be applied to concerns such as trauma recovery, relationship struggles, ADHD-related challenges, and coping with life transitions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with clients to assess goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in session, adapting methods over time so care fits each person’s circumstances and priorities.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility by allowing sessions via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to maintain a consistent schedule, access support from different locations, and use shorter check-ins or longer sessions depending on needs. Licensed professionals can deliver structured interventions and reflective work effectively through these formats, supporting progress while accommodating busy lives.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Michele commonly address?
She works with a broad set of issues including addictions, relationship and family challenges, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, depression, ADHD, parenting and stress-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is client-centered and compassionate, blending attachment-informed perspectives, CBT, mindfulness, and psychodynamic ideas to tailor care to each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 26 years of professional experience working across diverse settings with individuals, families, and caregivers facing major life transitions and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Arizona with license number AZ LCSW LCSW - 16765 and maintains a practice serving clients from that state.
Does she work with clients who live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients and conducts sessions for people who are located outside the U.S.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or through text-based messaging to suit different preferences and needs.
How are fees handled for therapy with her?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issues

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTFamily conflictsAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMulticultural concernsPostpartum depressionPrejudice and discriminationSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

26+ years

Licensed

Arizona

Languages

English