Monica Davis

Monica Davis is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) practicing in Ohio. She brings six years of experience working in community health centers and urban schools. Monica focuses on eating and food-related issues alongside stress, anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, and other life challenges. She aims to create an identity-affirming, culturally responsive space where people feel respected and heard.

Monica uses a blend of practical approaches to fit each person’s needs rather than a one-size-fits-all method. Sessions often include mindfulness, attention to attachment patterns, and work on daily skills to manage strong emotions. She emphasizes exploration of life stories and the different parts of a person in a gentle, paced way.

Her background includes supporting people through grief, identity-based stress, body image concerns, and coping with life changes. Monica describes her style as collaborative and empowerment-focused; she aims to help people build insight and practical tools they can use outside sessions. Her work also addresses shame, dissociation, and multicultural concerns when they appear in a person’s life.

Monica asks clients to set goals together and to try exercises that may include mindfulness or experiential activities. She keeps learning about trauma-sensitive and healing-centered methods to inform her work. Those seeking help with eating and food-related struggles or related areas can expect thoughtful, individualized care.

If you want to begin, follow the Start Therapy process on the platform to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist’s availability.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Monica commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and struggles around body image and eating. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and uses that understanding to change how a person connects and copes in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Monica partners with each person to decide which methods match their needs and goals. She explains options, tries techniques together, and adapts the plan as progress and preferences emerge.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow for consistent follow-up between in-person commitments, and reduce travel time. It can also let people use shorter check-ins or choose not to be on camera when that helps them focus. Licensed professionals can tailor sessions to practical needs while keeping the therapeutic goals central.