About Alta
Alta Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and relationship worries. She uses a calm, listening approach to help people sort through hard moments and figure out small, practical steps forward. Alta offers video, phone, chat, and text sessions for people across Michigan in English.
She draws on 27 years of experience in hospital settings and independent practice. Her background includes a master’s degree in counseling and a Doctorate in Ministry.
Background and approach
That mix shaped her focus on compassion, clear problem-solving, and attention to what matters most to each person. In sessions Alta blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused strategies. She helps people name the thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, try new ways of responding, and practice skills between meetings.
Mindfulness also appears in her work to help calm racing thoughts and improve focus. Alta’s areas of concern include a wide range of life challenges - from addictions, trauma, and bipolar concerns to parenting stress, caregiver strain, body image, and aging issues. She also supports people dealing with career doubts, life transitions, grief, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-focused while honoring each person’s pace. People who prefer clear steps, gentle listening, and practical tools may find her approach helpful. The first meeting typically explores immediate priorities and sets simple goals to guide the next steps.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Alta commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy to provide a listening, nonjudgmental space where the person’s concerns lead the work. This approach helps when someone needs empathy, validation, and time to clarify what matters most.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, sleep problems, and many everyday patterns that cause stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative process helps people move forward at their own pace.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect. Video is helpful for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone calls can fit a short break in a busy day, and chat or text works well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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