About Me

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"Therapy is the act of utilizing relationship in a healing context, which is the most natural place where healing can happen. Therapy is the 'stopper' that keeps humanity from rushing out of our culture."
-Tony Davis, LMFT

Professional

I received my Masters in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University Los Angeles, where I completed a specialization in Child Studies. I interned for a year at the YMCA Counseling Center, seeing adolescents at Le Conte Middle School. I then completed a five year internship at the Southern California Counseling Center, where I saw individuals, couples and families, and received training in multiple theories.

As part of the school program, I spent two years counseling at Fairfax High School, working with students who were either self-referred or mandated. I twice co-led a group for young people called The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children. I am trained in couples and sex therapy by Walter Brakelmanns MD at UCLA through AACAST (The American Association of Couples and Sex Therapists), and am certified as a Couples and Sex Therapist.

I am a member of the professional organizations CAMFT, LA CAMFT and AACAST.

Personal

I began my adult life as a dancer/actor/singer, and this profession brought me to Los Angeles from San Diego at the age of 29. I worked extensively in the theater as a performer and in creative roles. As I got older, I got the sense that my performing career was anchored not only by a love of performing, but also the "safety" of the stage, compared with the unpredictability of life off of the stage. I reached a point where I wanted to "stop pretending".

I enrolled in a Psychology program at Antioch University Los Angeles, and over the next five years my life changed along with the way I responded to the world. I learned that by examining the beliefs and assumptions I was brought up with, I could decide what was truthful for me. My biggest realization was seeing that my experience with depression was not a part me, but rather a reasonable response, as an oppressed minority, to feeling powerless and unsafe in the world. I have never considered myself conventional, though I play well in polite society! I continue to stoke my creative fires through my writing, and maintain my out-of-the-box status by being a bike commuter—having sold my car in 2009. I have relished the process of finding my way through creative endeavors and challenging norms, and continue both activities to this day.

Are You Ready To Change Your Life?

Tony Davis Psychotherapist

Tony Davis, LMFT

Complimentary Consultation

I offer a complimentary consultation, so, please feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the issues you are looking to discuss. Just give me a call or email me to set up an appointment.

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC 81838)
  • Call or text: 323.963.3183
  • Email: tonydavistherapy@gmail.com
  • Office Locations: 7906 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 217, West Hollywood, CA 90046