About Kirstin
Kirstin Davis is a licensed master social worker in Michigan who focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, and ADHD. She listens without judgment and helps people find practical ways to manage day-to-day life. Kirstin aims to build a trusting working relationship and supports clients who want clearer goals and steadier routines.
She brings about 12 years of experience drawn from clinical work and internships. Her background includes work with adults and adolescents in neuropsychology and time spent in Texas supporting people with traumatic brain injury.
Background and approach
That variety shaped a direct, down-to-earth approach to therapy. Kirstin prefers to meet clients where they are and to collaborate on next steps. She avoids simply giving advice; instead she helps people notice patterns and try small, doable changes.
Sessions often focus on improving communication, managing stressful moments, and addressing feelings of guilt, shame, or isolation. Practical tools from cognitive behavioral ideas and solution-focused strategies commonly appear in her work. She also uses client-centered ways of listening and trauma-focused methods when past hurts are part of the picture.
Motivational interviewing can help when someone wants to shift habits or address addictions. She usually begins with an initial conversation by video, then often continues by phone because she travels frequently. That format preference is important to know before choosing her as a match.
Kirstin works in English and practices in Michigan as an LMSW.
How Kirstin’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's concerns. It helps people feel heard and guide conversations toward what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on noticing thoughts and behavior patterns and testing small changes that can reduce anxiety or low mood.Kirstin treats approach selection as a team effort. She will discuss goals and preferences, try approaches that fit the situation, and adjust plans as progress is seen. That collaboration helps decide whether CBT, client-centered work, motivational interviewing, or trauma-focused methods are best for a given concern.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face connection for initial meetings. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for clients who travel. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, tracking steps between sessions, or when typing helps someone express themselves. These options make scheduling more flexible and let therapy fit around school, work, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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