- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Mindfulness practice
About Alta
Alta Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 27 years of experience working with adults through a wide range of life challenges. She helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction, ADHD, and issues around guilt and shame. Sessions are practical and focused on what the client brings to the room.
Alta uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person's experience. She pairs that with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking and behavior patterns that get in the way. Solution-Focused and mindfulness techniques are used to build small, concrete steps people can try between sessions.
Her background includes hospital work and private practice, so she is used to both crisis-oriented moments and longer-term support. She holds a master’s degree in counseling and a Doctorate in Ministry, and she presents herself as a steady clinician who listens without judgment.
In sessions she listens first, then helps people name what they are feeling and test practical coping strategies. Conversations are grounded and straightforward, with attention to everyday routines like sleep, eating, and work that affect mood.
Alta also works with life-stage issues such as aging and caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, postpartum depression, and body image. She includes attention to career questions, communication problems, and finding purpose when circumstances change.
People who come with guilt or shame often focus on how those feelings affect relationships and daily life. Alta will talk through specific moments, notice patterns, and try brief skills that reduce overwhelm so a person can make clearer choices.
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Alta commonly draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep the focus on the person's own story and priorities, helping the therapist follow what matters most in each session. This approach supports conversations about guilt, shame, loss, and relationship strains by letting the person lead while the therapist listens and reflects.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thought and behavior patterns that maintain distress. CBT involves noticing specific thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavior changes to see what helps with anxiety, sleep, or mood. Mindfulness therapy is offered as another option to build moment-to-moment awareness and reduce reactivity to painful memories or self-criticism.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Alta will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she will adjust the plan as progress and challenges appear.
The biography does not list which online session formats she uses, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It can also let people try mindfulness or brief behavioral experiments between sessions in their everyday routine.
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Experience
27+ years
Listed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Alta works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, ADHD, and guilt and shame among other concerns.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She starts by listening and helping people name specific moments tied to those feelings. Then she uses client-centered conversation plus CBT and solution-focused steps to test practical ways forward.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 27 years of professional experience, including work in hospital settings and in private practice.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Michigan and maintains her practice in that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.