Brian Davis, LCSW
Pennsylvania · 12 years in practice
Brian Davis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience as a therapist.
License and registration
- LCSW, Pennsylvania
- CW020640 · expires February 2027
- NPI
- 1417365354 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 12
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Brian
Brian Davis is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 12 years of experience as a therapist. He speaks plainly and listens closely to help people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, or life changes. He aims to make therapy feel manageable and down to earth for someone who is worried and not sure where to start.
He blends practical tools with deeper conversation to help people understand their feelings.
Background and approach
Sessions often include noticing patterns in thought and behavior, learning simple skills to cope, and reflecting on what really matters. He uses approaches such as existential therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape the work. Brian has worked across a wide range of settings and with many different kinds of people.
That background has given him perspective on how culture, identity, and life events shape stress and coping. He describes himself as calm and empathetic, and focuses on building a collaborative relationship with each person he meets. In sessions he helps people name and sit with difficult feelings without judgment.
He offers concrete strategies for managing symptoms like sleep trouble, anger, or low mood, while also looking at bigger questions about meaning, values, and purpose. Therapy is presented as a step-by-step process rather than quick fixes. His practice supports people navigating issues such as trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and intimacy concerns, body image, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue.
Brian works from Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Brian lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Brian names
- Existential Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approach and practical online therapy options
Brian often blends existential therapy with cognitive behavioral strategies to address both meaning and symptoms. Existential work helps people consider values, purpose, and the big questions that make stress and grief feel meaningful. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes that reduce anxiety or low mood. He also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy - especially emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills - when stronger coping tools are needed.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and try different ways of working until you find what fits. Sessions may shift over time from skills practice to reflective exploration depending on what is helpful for you.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make work possible around busy lives. Video lets you have a more face-to-face conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging is useful for paced reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while keeping the focus on progress and practical support.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Brian work with?
He helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, bipolar and depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting strain, ADHD, and related areas such as body image and caregiver stress.
What is his therapeutic style like?
Sessions combine practical skills and deeper reflection. He uses a mix of existential thinking, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, DBT-informed skills, and motivational interviewing to match each person’s needs.
How long has he practiced as a therapist?
He has 12 years of experience as a therapist and a longer history working as a social worker in varied settings, which informs his practical approach.
Where is he licensed and based?
He holds the credential LCSW, specifically a Pennsylvania LCSW, and practices from Pennsylvania.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with him?
International clients are not currently accepted; he works with people within the permitted regions for his license.
What session formats are available?
He offers several online formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How do fees and starting therapy work?
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