Davina Linguist

Davina Linguist is a Licensed Professional Counselor who brings a grounded, relational, and systems-informed approach to therapy. She works primarily with adults navigating burnout, chronic stress, and major life transitions—often following experiences of rupture within workplace, family, or institutional systems.

Before entering clinical practice, Davina spent over a decade in corporate leadership, talent acquisition, and DEI strategy within large global organizations. Her work included supporting employees navigating organizational change, inequity, high-performance pressure, and identity-based stress. This background deeply informs her therapeutic lens, allowing her to understand not only individual distress, but the environments in which it develops.

In her clinical work, Davina supports clients who have spent long periods holding themselves together—remaining alert, careful, or composed in settings that required adaptation rather than care. Therapy offers a steady, collaborative space to slow down, make meaning of lived experiences, and begin restoring a grounded relationship with oneself.

Her approach is trauma-informed and integrative, drawing from multiple therapeutic frameworks while centering relational attunement, systems awareness, and client-led pacing. Care is intentional and sustainable, supporting clients in moving away from survival-driven patterns and toward choices that feel aligned, self-directed, and restorative.

What to Expect:

• Collaborative Partnership: I see our therapeutic relationship as a partnership. Together, we'll work to identify your goals and develop a personalized treatment plan.
• Non-Judgmental Environment: I believe that everyone deserves to be treated with respect and dignity, regardless of their circumstances. I'll create a safe space where you can feel comfortable expressing yourself without fear of judgment.
• Client-Centered Approach: I focus on your individual needs and experiences. My goal is to help you develop the tools and skills you need to overcome challenges and achieve your goals.
• Evidence-Based Practices: I utilize evidence-based therapeutic approaches, such as Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Therapy, (CBT), EMDR (Trauma Focused therapy), compassion focused therapy, etc. to help you make progress.
• Confidentiality: Your privacy is important to me. I'll maintain strict confidentiality, except in cases where there is a risk of harm to yourself or others.