Works with
- Anger
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
How Michele works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Years in practice
- 26
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Michele
Michele Davis is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of practice in Arizona. She focuses on helping people manage strong emotions, cope with life transitions, and rebuild steady routines. Michele aims to help clients gain clearer self-understanding and practical tools to face daily challenges.
Her work often addresses addiction concerns, relationship stress, trauma and abuse, grief, and anger. She also helps with anxiety, depression, parenting strains, career questions, and self-esteem.
Background and approach
Michele pays attention to how attachment and early relationships shape current behavior and feelings. Sessions are shaped around the person in front of her. Michele uses client-centered and attachment-based ways of working to build trust and safety.
She pairs those with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Michele also integrates mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives when helpful. Mindfulness practices are used to calm the body and improve focus.
Psychodynamic ideas help people see patterns that repeat in relationships and daily life. Her style is warm, direct, and practical. Michele aims to teach coping skills that people can use between sessions.
She helps clients set small goals and track progress over time. People meet with Michele to reduce intense reactions, repair strained relationships, and find steadier ways to handle stress. She welcomes conversations with adults in English, including international clients who are able to connect online.
What Michele works with
Everything Michele lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Michele's practice.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Michele lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current feelings and behavior. It helps people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and supports building safer ways of relating.Client-centered therapy puts the person's experience at the center. The therapist listens without judgment, reflects what is happening, and helps clients find their own solutions and strengths.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors, which can reduce anger and anxiety over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Michele will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as needed.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief check-ins between meetings. These options make it simpler to stay consistent and fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Michele
What concerns does Michele commonly help with?
She works with addictions, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Michele uses a warm, practical, and direct approach that focuses on skill building and understanding patterns in relationships and behavior.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a licensed clinical social worker with 26 years of experience working with a wide range of emotional and life transition issues.
Where is Michele based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from Arizona and holds the LCSW credential, listed as AZ LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Michele also accepts international clients who connect in English.
What session formats are offered?
She meets with people via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to begin working with Michele?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.