Therapist profile
Julia Davis, LMFT
Michigan
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - Relationships and Anger
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- CredentialsLMFT
- LicenseLMFT, Michigan / 4101006762; LMFT, California / 91207; LMFT, Washington / LF61297592; LMFT, Florida / MT5076
- NPI1306181292
- Experience13 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationMichigan
About
- Attachment focus
- CBT tools
- Communication skills
About Julia
Julia Davis is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 13 years of clinical experience based in Michigan. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, grief, intimacy issues, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
Julia uses clear, practical conversation to help people sort through anxious thoughts and emotional reactions. She emphasizes communication skills, boundaries, and speaking up when strong feelings come up. Sessions focus on what is happening now and how patterns from the past affect present relationships.
Her approach highlights attachment patterns and the ways they shape trust and closeness. Julia also draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify thought and behavior patterns that increase distress. Client-centered methods are used to keep the work grounded in each person’s goals and values.
In sessions she encourages learning tools for reducing emotional paralysis and managing anger without turning to avoidance or shutting down. She also supports people working through codependency, abandonment wounds, feelings of emptiness, and challenges linked to caregiving or cancer in the family.
Julia helps people practice practical communication strategies drawn from Imago approaches to improve connection and reduce recurring arguments. The work tends to be direct and conversational, with clear steps to try between sessions and space to review what worked.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of connection and trust that shape how people respond when they feel hurt or threatened. Online sessions can be a place to notice those patterns in real time and practice new ways of asking for closeness or setting limits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers simple experiments to test unhelpful beliefs. In remote sessions CBT often focuses on short, doable exercises and reviewing what changed between meetings.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Julia will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person’s goals and preferences. That might mean combining attachment ideas with CBT techniques and client-centered conversation to match what a client needs that week.
Confirm the session formats she currently offers before booking. If you want online work, practical advantages include fitting sessions into a busy day, easier access when travel is difficult, and keeping check-ins brief when that works better for schedules. Some formats use less bandwidth or no camera, which can make a shorter mood check-in easier. Ask about current options when you schedule so sessions can fit into everyday life.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Michigan, California, Washington, Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, grief, intimacy issues, depression, addictions, anger, parenting concerns, bipolar disorder, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a conversational, practical style that emphasizes communication skills, boundary work, and problem-solving tailored to each person's goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working with adults on a range of emotional and relationship difficulties.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with licenses in Michigan and also holds CA and MI LMFT credentials; she practices out of Michigan.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
She accepts international clients; sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats she is offering at the time.
How does payment or cost work?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.