Meet Your Therapist, Brittany

Professional portrait of licensed therapist Brittany Davis, a smiling African American woman with shoulder-length hair, wearing a black blazer over a white blouse with black polka dots, against a gray background.

Hello Future Clients

If you made it this far, you’re looking for more information on your future therapist. However, I want to begin by introducing you to me personally. Not the therapist, just Brittany. I believe my personal experiences, both the struggles and the victories, laid the foundation for who I would become as a social worker long before my education and professional training refined my skills and gave me the confidence and tools I needed to shape me into the therapist I am today.

Where it all began….

As a child, my mother was a foster parent and my sister worked in the juvenile justice system and within child protective services. From a young age, I saw the women I looked up to dedicate a huge part of their lives to helping children in need and becoming a positive integration into “the system” with intention, care, and patience. So naturally, I came in contact with many social workers, troubled children, adults in vulnerable situations, therapists, CPS workers, case managers, public health workers, and more people in the helping profession. Those experiences inspired my passion for Social Work early on and my commitment to creating a more equal and compassionate system and become another helping professionals who genuinely wanted to help individuals and families reach their full potential.

My Personal Experiences

As a ambitious black woman who grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, there wasn’t many providers, teachers, or other helping professionals who looked like me. This led to experiences where I wasn’t always listened to, or made to feel like they knew me better than I knew myself. I’ve also been one of the only black women, or the only, in many work settings and had to navigate that as well. I understand that it isn't always easy to find a therapist who truly understands where you're coming from. I personally understand many of the challenges and unique cultural, social, and historical factors that shape the experiences of our community, including the stigma around asking for help. My goal is to create a space where you can show up exactly as you are, feel comfortable being yourself, and talk openly with someone who gets it and genuinely wants to support you. I provide a culturally sensitive, safe, and judgment-free space where you can feel heard, understood, and supported by someone who can relate to many of the experiences our community faces.

My Professional Experience

With over 7 years in mental health and 14 years in social work, I have worked in multiple settings including nursing homes, crisis residential centers, inpatient psychiatric hospitals, community mental health, child protective services, foster care, and within elementary, preschool, and early childhood centers. These settings gave me much experience in treating individuals experiencing a crisis, anxiety, depression, family issues, grief, communication issues, struggling with confidence and self-esteem, working with children and families, difficulty sleeping, experiencing negative thoughts, guilt, or shame, single parents with little support, relationships issues, difficulty concentrating, procrastination, and much more.

My Specialties

I have extensive experience and training in treating individuals with PTSD, ADHD, Anxiety, and Managing Stress and Life Transitions with a heightened focus on black and brown people and college students. I would be a great fit for you can relate to any of the below:

  • You’ve experienced a trauma including abuse, neglect, and other situations that you may feel was traumatic to your life. Maybe you loss a loved one, or were in a accident, or other situations that may have changed your life forever.

  • You’re a college student struggling with the transition into adulthood and a new level of independence and may be experiencing increased stress, and/or loneliness individuals who have difficulty concentrating, staying on task, procrastination, and being on time

  • You get easily agitated, irritable, and overwhelmed in situations. You overthink most things, have difficulty making decisions, and struggle to calm yourself down and relax.

  • You have difficulty adjusting when life throws you a curve ball whether good or bad. This could be moving to new place, having a child, or starting a new journey. It could also be the end of a chapter such as a relationship ending, the loss of a loved one, or losing a job

What Therapy With Me Looks Like

As your therapist, I will prioritize a client centered and strengths based approach, and prioritize building a therapeutic relationship that act a partnership and a collaborative team effort . Your expertise of your personal experiences will take the lead while I bring the professional tools to help you structure your goals for your healing, build on your strengths, and support your on your healing journey. We will work on the root cause of what you are struggling with today, meaning not only will we be treating your current symptoms, but we will also be working on the root cause of why you are struggling with your current symptoms and tackle it from that angle as well.

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