Monica Davis , LISW

PLEASE NOTE - Current Scheduling Notice: Monica Davis is currently navigating a recent family loss and will be traveling for services within the next month. While she is accepting new referrals, please check her Announcements Page here: https://sites.google.com/liberationpathwaystherapy.com/monicalisw-betterhelp-ohio/home/announcements for upcoming travel dates that may temporarily impact her typical availability in the coming weeks.

Monica Davis is an Ohio-licensed clinician who practices as an LISW - Licensed Independent Social Worker. She brings six years of experience working across community health centers and urban schools in Columbus, helping people manage anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, trauma, and a wide range of life stresses. Her background has informed an approach that centers healing, liberation, cultural responsiveness, trauma sensitivity, and insights from neuroscience to tailor care to each person’s needs.

Monica offers identity-affirming care and places particular emphasis on supporting people with marginalized identities. Her work often focuses on trauma recovery, attachment patterns, body image, dissociation, family of origin concerns, and issues related to sexuality and non-monogamous relationships. In sessions she attends to the many parts that make up a person’s experience and incorporates mindfulness and somatic-based practices when appropriate.

Collaboration, trust, and mutual respect guide her practice. Monica partners with clients to set meaningful goals, explore life stories, and develop skills for resilience and greater self-understanding. Her approach may include experiential exercises and mindfulness practices that support emotional balance, and she maintains a commitment to ongoing learning so that therapy benefits from evolving techniques. For more about working with Monica and her typical live session availability, please visit her Google Site: https://sites.google.com/liberationpathwaystherapy.com/monicalisw-betterhelp-ohio/home

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Monica Davis

Monica Davis uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and emotional responses; this work often helps with relationship struggles, attachment wounds, and improving interpersonal connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another approach she uses - it focuses on clarifying values, increasing psychological flexibility, and learning practical ways to accept difficult feelings while moving toward meaningful goals, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Monica may also draw on Client-Centered Therapy, offering a nonjudgmental, empathetic space where the client’s perspective guides the pace and focus of work and helps build self-understanding and self-compassion.

Finding the right blend of approaches is a collaborative process. Monica will work with each person to identify which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy unfolds so that the approach fits the individual rather than expecting the client to fit a single model.

Online therapy with Monica is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around daily life, maintain continuity while traveling, and engage in therapy in formats that suit different communication styles. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt therapeutic techniques to work effectively across these remote formats, supporting progress even when in-person sessions are not possible.