Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am Dr. Tom Davis. I have a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Duke University and am a Licensed Psychologist with 46 years of clinical experience. I practiced in the same medical facility for 35 of those years and treated the entire age range from age 3 to age 94. A major benefit of practicing at the same facility for all that time was that I often treated the same clients from childhood up through adulthood. It was not uncommon for me to have treated three generations of the same family. This gave me a rare and highly valuable vantage point regarding the long-term development of a client as an individual and as a member of their intergenerational family system. It also allowed me to treat adults in individual, couples and family modalities as they developed over the years.
In our therapeutic relationship, I view you as the expert and me as the professional. Your expertise is the wealth of self-knowledge and personal experiences that you bring to therapy. As the professional, my job is to help you organize this expertise into an actionable form that you can use to manage your life more effectively.
Over my decades of practice, I have honed a treatment approach that I find produces the most efficient and effective method of improvement. During the first session, I work with you to define the problem(s) that need attention and devise a practical, problem-oriented treatment plan to resolve these problem(s). We will focus on your thoughts, behaviors and emotions, in that order. In general, thoughts determine how you behave and behavior determines how you feel. When thoughts become more organized, behavior becomes more productive and both contribute to more positive emotions. I use homework assignments to make the best use of treatment between sessions. With child and adolescent clients, I use an age-appropriate version of the above treatment plan and include family members as helpful change agents for the child. The remaining sessions are spent working through the identified problems and other issues that may surface. The ultimate goal is for you to feel secure in your ability to handle current and future problems.
I have conducted psychological testing on over 5,000 individual clients. I have tested for depression, anxiety, dementias, brain injuries, personality development, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities and clients’ ability to handle a variety of surgical interventions. Therefore, if you have had psychological testing, I am able to understand the test results and to provide guidance based on those results.
My overriding goal for myself is for you to end each session with a better understanding of yourself than you had when you began the session. My overriding goals for you are 1.) to gain mastery over your life that in turn enhances your self-esteem, reduces worry and leads to more positive feelings; and 2.) to have improved skills to deal with the ups and downs of daily living.
After each session, I send follow up notes that summarize what was covered/learned that day, what home work assignments were generated and what our future direction should include.
My office hours are Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 AM until 5:30 PM.
Specialties:
Depression
Anxiety
Panic attacks
PTSD
Adolescent issues
Marital and family issues
Geriatric issues
General adjustment issues
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Dr. Thomas Davis holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Duke University and is a licensed psychologist in North Carolina, license number 0742. He brings 46 years of clinical experience to his work, including 35 years practicing in the same medical facility where he treated people across the lifespan from age 3 to age 94.
That long-term continuity often meant he worked with the same clients from childhood into adulthood and, in many cases, with multiple generations of the same family. That perspective gave him a distinctive view of individual development and the ways people operate within intergenerational family systems. Over the years he treated adults in individual, couples, and family modalities as they evolved.
In therapy Dr. Thomas Davis treats the client as the expert on their own life while serving as the professional guide. He begins by helping clients organize their self-knowledge and life experience into a practical, actionable plan that can improve daily functioning.
From the first session he works with clients to define the problems to be addressed and to create a problem-oriented treatment plan. His approach prioritizes thoughts, then behavior, then emotions – the view that clearer, more organized thinking leads to more productive behavior and, ultimately, better emotional outcomes. Homework assignments are used to reinforce progress between sessions. When working with children and adolescents he adapts this plan to be age-appropriate and brings family members into the process when they can serve as helpful agents of change.
Dr. Thomas Davis has conducted psychological testing on more than 5,000 individual clients, assessing depression, anxiety, dementias, brain injuries, personality development, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning disabilities, and a client’s capacity to tolerate various surgical interventions. This testing experience allows him to interpret prior test results and to offer informed guidance based on those findings.
His principal aim is for clients to finish each session with a clearer understanding of themselves than when they began. He emphasizes two client goals – first, gaining mastery over life in ways that bolster self-esteem, reduce worry, and increase positive feelings; and second, developing stronger skills to manage the everyday ups and downs of living. After every appointment he sends follow-up notes that summarize what was covered and learned, list any homework assignments, and outline the suggested direction for future sessions. His office hours are Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM. His clinical specialties include stress, anxiety, relationship and marital issues, parenting concerns, depression, coping with life changes, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, anger management, self-esteem struggles, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, ADHD, panic attacks, PTSD, adolescent issues, geriatric issues, and general adjustment issues.
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