Brad Davis
I’ve worked in various roles in the mental health field since 1991 and have been a practicing clinician since 2012. My approach is genuine and authentic, warm and welcoming. I hope to help others appreciate what is sometimes the absurdity and incongruity of life's situations. It’s good to laugh, to have joy, appreciate what is better.
I’ve worked in various roles in the mental health field since 1991 and have been a practicing clinician since 2012.
GROW is secondary employment, and during the day I work for a county mental health plan delivering complex interventions for youth, families, and adults. On this platform I offer time in the evenings.
First session
Building trust and rapport is a gateway to everything that comes later, which can include irreverence, sarcasm, and I hope laughter. Let's start with the basics and see where things lead. Expect some questions and gentle exploration.
Strengths
I would say I am strength based, solution oriented, authentic and genuine, and humorous. Laughter is such good medicine.
Ideal clients
Actually I just like helping everybody I can. To narrow that down I tend to enjoy opportunities to review next steps, motivating, and assisting clients finding best pathways forward through difficult situations. Clients I'm best positioned to serve are those wondering where to go next; in the middle of the forest climbing above the canopy will give us some perspective.
Treatment methods
Christian Counseling
As a Bible-believing Christian we need help from above in all aspects of life and in appreciating our generous Creator has given us a road map to traverse a narrow path.
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
So much of our world is problem focused and its nice to notice what is right in our lives and what is working well. Its easy in chaos and turmoil to forget what is already working for us, what is healthy.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Distress is usually a paradox and accepting two things are generally true about a given situation allows perspective and is a gateway toward improving healthy coping skills and developing irreverence, humor, and resilience.
Eclectic
Rather prefer the word Integrative instead of eclectic to denote multi-modal approaches woven together.
Narrative
With Narrative Therapy the problem is the problem not the individual and in this model we write a new preferred story of what the future can be.
Location
Virtual sessions