Davis Hodge MSW, LCSWA

About Me

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (P019493) practicing in North Carolina. I’m going into my 5th year of clinical experience and expect to be fully licensed by late 2025/early 2026.

Prior to earning my MSW from UNC Chapel Hill, I spent 10 years managing and building out cooperatively owned grocery stores. During this time I also helped co-found a summer camp program for queer and trans youth from the South, served on the board of directors for the LGBTQ Center of Durham, and facilitated a support group for trans and gender expansive people of all ages. I also hold a bachelor’s degree in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from UNC Greensboro. I’ve lived in North Carolina my entire life and identify deeply as a Southerner.

I started my therapy career as a student intern at an agency providing mental health support services to individuals with federal Refugee status in the United States. After this, I worked at a sex therapy practice for several years with individual adults and couples/relationships. I’ve been with BGT for almost a year now, and have expanded into working more with families and teens in addition to individual adults and couples.

My Approach to Therapy

My clinical social worker training guides me to take a relational, person-in-environment approach to working with clients. This means I consider your experiences and identities not only as they exist within you, but also within the larger social, cultural, and systemic contexts in which we live. I know that you are the expert on your own experience, and I believe my role is to develop a trusting and supportive working relationship with you so we can explore and untangle the things that feel overwhelming, stuck, confusing, or painful in your life. I also really believe we can find joy and levity in this process, and I view laughter as a tool of healing and connection in therapy.

My Therapy Orientation: Relational/Psychodynamic, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Harm Reduction, Trauma informed, EMDR, Culturally affirming, Neuro-affirming, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). 

Areas of Expertise: I have experience working with clients of many varied identities and orientations and I am knowledgeable about topics such as anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, relationship challenges, sexual/other trauma, and communication or conflict resolution issues.