Dr. Jordan Davis, PhD
Compassionate, evidence-based care for tweens, teens, and young adults struggling with anxiety, intense emotions, and substance use.
Helping you create lasting change
Welcome!
I’m Dr. Jordan Davis, a licensed clinical psychologist based in Brooklyn Heights, NY. I have over a decade of experience providing therapy to tweens, teens, young adults, and parents. I primarily utilize principles from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and harm reduction psychotherapy.
Who Are My Clients?
My clients are often described as sensitive by family and friends. They know they have big reactions, and they don’t always understand them. They often feel stuck – unable to do the things they want or need to do. They are falling behind in school and hobbies, losing friendships, and sometimes fighting with their parents. They often do not feel understood by the most important people in their lives.
My clients typically have long histories of avoiding the situations that scare them or bring up intense emotions. They’ve spent months – sometimes years – locking themselves in their rooms, skipping class presentations or practice, canceling plans with friends, dropping out of extracurriculars, and/or experimenting with substances. By the time they start therapy with me, my clients are beginning to see that avoidance is not working out for them, and they are ready to try something new.
I often work with clients who have been to therapy before. They have felt judged by and unable to connect with past therapists. They have been asked either to change everything at once, or they have not been encouraged to change anything at all. “Therapy doesn’t do anything,” they say to their parents.
Together we will “do something.” We’ll identify concrete therapeutic goals and figure out what has been getting in the way of achieving them. Then, we’ll implement the skills needed to get you where you want to be.
What About Parents?
Parents can be clients too! I work with parents who feel at a loss for how to best support their child. They feel either like they have tried everything, or like they have no idea where to start. They may be burned out from moving mountains to help their child avoid the things that scare them, from intensifying emotional outbursts, or from worrying about where their child is. Through this process, they may be beginning to feel emotionally disconnected from their child.
The parents I see are often committed to being caring and effective, and they are ready to learn concrete steps to help reduce their child’s distress and improve the parent-child relationship.