Chelsea P. Davis, LMSW

Psychotherapist for Individuals, Couples, and Families

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Chelsea is a collaborative and compassionate psychotherapist dedicated to helping clients navigate life’s challenges and build on their strengths. With a trauma-informed perspective, she creates a supportive environment where individuals can feel heard, understood, and empowered to move toward lasting change. Her integrative clinical approach draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Behavioral Activation (BA), which she adapts to meet the unique needs of each client.

Chelsea works with clients facing concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, postpartum challenges, stress, relationship difficulties, borderline personality disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). By tailoring evidence-based interventions to each person’s goals, she helps clients cultivate resilience, develop effective coping strategies, and foster meaningful personal growth.

She earned her Master of Science in Social Work from Columbia University, where she focused on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Practice with Families, and Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy. Her academic training is complemented by more than 15 years of experience designing and leading therapeutic art programming rooted in DBT skills for the New York City Housing Authority and the New York City Department of Probation. Her restorative program model was endorsed by President Jimmy Carter and later published in a Simon & Schuster book.

Chelsea P. Davis

Work Experience

Gotham Psychotherapy – Psychotherapist (2025 – Present)

New York City Department of Probation- Therapeutic Art Program Founder / Director (2018 - 2025)

Gotham Psychotherapy- Psychotherapist (2021 – 2022)

John McEnroe Tennis Academy & Nonprofit- Director of Communications (2016 – 2018)

New York City Housing Authority- Therapeutic Art Program Founder / Director (2010 - 2016)

St. Louis Children’s Hospital- Therapeutic Art Program Founder / Director (2006 - 2010)

Association for Metro-Area Autistic Children- Therapeutic Art Program Founder / Director (2004 – 2006)

Education

Columbia University- Master of Science in Social Work

Washington University in St. Louis- Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography & Digital Imaging

License & Certifications

Stony Brook – Certificate in Empowering Mental Health Professionals About Substance Abuse Disorders

Stony Brook – Certificate in How Natural Heals Trauma & Chronic Stress

Stony Brook – Certificate in Integrating Motivational Interviewing and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

New York State License # 119581