Marilyn Davis, LPC

Marilyn Davis is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years of clinical experience based in Oklahoma. She brings practical, down-to-earth care to conversations about stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood concerns. Marilyn speaks in straightforward terms and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.

She favors a team approach in sessions, working together with each person to set clear goals and a plan that fits their life. Marilyn blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered listening and mindfulness practices to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas when they fit a person’s goals.

Her background includes work in public school special education, private practice, community settings, and inpatient research environments. That range has shaped how she supports people dealing with ADHD, grief, parenting stress, bipolar disorder, chronic illness, and caregiver strain among other concerns. Marilyn emphasizes respect and compassion in every conversation.

In sessions she focuses on practical skills and small experiments people can try between meetings. That might look like noticing thought patterns, practicing grounding or mindfulness, or testing a new communication approach with a family member. The work is collaborative - goals and steps are chosen with the client.

Marilyn recognizes taking the first step takes courage and aims to make each session feel purposeful. She offers video, phone, chat, and text-based options so people can find what fits their routine and needs.

How Marilyn’s approaches translate to online therapy

Marilyn uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT often focuses on small, practical experiments and skills you can practice between sessions to change how you respond to stress and anxiety.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for coping with ongoing pain, grief, or life transitions where avoidance has become a problem.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Marilyn collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, pace, and preferences. She checks in about what is or isn’t working and adjusts the plan together so sessions stay useful and relevant.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which provide flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone works well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into school, work, caregiving, or medical routines while keeping the focus on practical change and steady progress.