Davenport Psychology in the Media
Dr. Charles Davenport and the team at Davenport Psychology are trusted sources for expert mental health insight. Learn more about Dr. Davenport. Explore our features in national publications, regional media, and professional conferences from our offices in Sarasota and Venice, FL.
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Expert commentary and interviews in leading publications
Smart Books For Smart Kids
Make Kids’ Digital Reading Focused and Joyful Without Fights
Dr. Davenport contributes a plan for keeping children’s tablet reading focused and fun. Put the device in a book-only mode, hand the child the pace and the page, and close with a two-minute chat that rewards attention with curiosity.
Smart Books For Smart Kids
Make Read-Alouds Inclusive for Neurodiverse Kids Without Stigma
Dr. Davenport contributes a strategy for making read-alouds work for neurodiverse kids. Hand the child the pace, chunk into short stretches, and treat picture-focus as full participation.
Smart Books For Smart Kids
Lead Supportive Talks on Tough Topics Using Children’s Books
Dr. Davenport contributes a clinician’s read on using children’s books to open supportive conversations about hard topics — previewing the material before the read, letting the child’s questions set the pace, and closing with a concrete next step so the feelings that surface have somewhere to go after the book closes.
Counselor Brief
Engage Resistant Teens in Counseling Without Power Struggles
Dr. Davenport contributes an early-session approach for engaging resistant teens — sidestepping the power struggle, handing the adolescent real say over how the work goes, and leading with curiosity instead of parent pressure so they choose to stay in the room.
My Journey to Love
Fixing Communication Problems in Relationships & Other Intimacy Issues
Dr. Davenport contributes a clinician’s read on communication breakdowns between partners with mismatched styles and an anxious–avoidant attachment dynamic — how the emotional fatigue builds over time, and what lets some couples close the gap when one keeps reaching and the other keeps retreating.
Morning Lazziness
The Role of Mental Health Awareness in Gen Z Marriages
Dr. Davenport contributes a clinician’s read on how Gen Z couples are integrating mental-health awareness into marriage — naming nervous-system and attachment dynamics earlier, normalizing therapy as relational maintenance rather than crisis response, and treating self-knowledge as a shared skill rather than an individual project.
CareerConnectors.org
19 Ways to Move From Burnout to Balance in Your Career in 2026
Dr. Davenport contributes a workplace-burnout recovery move — recognizing the early signals (the irritability, the dread, the depletion that won’t recover on a weekend), naming what is happening before it compounds, and acting today rather than waiting for the system to fix itself.
Counselor Brief
Therapy Practice: Scripts That Hold Late Cancellation Boundaries Without Losing Rapport
Dr. Davenport contributes a script for upholding late-cancellation boundaries without rupturing rapport — addressing fees as clinical content, naming the policy directly and warmly, and treating the conversation the same as any other clinical boundary.
Psychologist Brief
Therapy Endings: Conducting Effective Termination
Dr. Davenport contributes a closing approach for effective termination — mapping the client’s gains to the mindsets and routines that produced them, scheduling those routines on the calendar, and setting reminders so the work continues after the final session.
Counselor Brief
Make Teletherapy Smoother: Address Home Distractions and Privacy with Care
Dr. Davenport contributes a teletherapy approach for handling home distractions — naming the disruption directly with the client, explaining the clinical impact on the work, and offering to reschedule when the session can’t do its work in the current setting.
Psychologist Brief
Repair the Therapy Relationship: Openers Clinicians Use After a Hard Session
Dr. Davenport contributes a relational opener for repairing the working alliance after a tense session — naming the rupture explicitly, slowing the pace, and reading the body before pressing for content.
Psychologist Brief
Private Practice Finance: Navigating Fees and Sliding Scale
Dr. Davenport joins a Psychologist Brief panel on private-practice finance — how to set fees that match training and overhead, when sliding scale serves access without distorting the practice, and how to talk about money without losing the alliance.
Psychologist Brief
Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy: Adapting Session Structure
Dr. Davenport discusses how he adapts session pacing, sensory defaults, and executive-function scaffolding for neurodivergent adult clients in his Sarasota and Venice practice.
Psychologist Brief
Therapy Endings: Closing Moves That Help Gains Stick
Dr. Davenport shares closing moves that help therapeutic gains consolidate — naming the ending early, tapering to biweekly then monthly, and ritualizing the close with a deliberate final touch.
Psychologist Brief
Behavioral Sleep Health: First-Line Moves for Insomnia
Dr. Davenport explains stimulus control for insomnia — the 20-minute get-up rule and reserving the bed for sleep only — as a first-line behavioral intervention used in CBT-I.
Psychologist Brief
Couples Therapy: Coaching Timeouts During Conflict
Dr. Davenport explains evidence-based timeout techniques from our therapy services for couples navigating conflict, drawing on his experience at both the Sarasota and Venice offices.
HR Vendor News
Staying Mentally Healthy Under Pressure: Advice from the Experts
Expert advice on managing workplace stress and burnout. Dr. Davenport shares nervous system regulation techniques from his doctoral-level clinical work in Sarasota and Venice. See also our range of conditions we treat.
Featured.com
Interview with Charles Davenport Psy.D. — Davenport Psychology
An in-depth profile covering Dr. Davenport’s approach to couples counseling, psychodynamic therapy, and treating anxiety, depression, ADHD, and trauma at both the Sarasota and Venice offices.
PopSugar
When Natural Disaster Strikes, Where Do People Go For Mental Health Care?
Dr. Davenport contributed expert insight to this PopSugar feature on how therapists supported clients after Hurricane Milton. Related: the mental health conditions we treat. Originally published October 2024; linked via Internet Archive.
Sarasota Magazine
The Do’s and Don’ts of a Healthy Relationship
Davenport Psychology cited as an expert source in this Sarasota Magazine feature on building and maintaining healthy relationships.
Speaking & Video Appearances
Conference presentations and video interviews
Defying Gravity
defyinggravity.life (archived)
Parental Estrangement in Baby Boomers: Understanding the Silence
Dr. Davenport presented on parental estrangement among baby boomers, exploring why adult children cut contact and pathways toward reconnection. Presented November 2025.
Awards & Recognition
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Best Psychologist — Sarasota
Voted Best Psychologist in the 2025 Best of SRQ readers’ choice awards, recognizing our doctoral-level care for the Sarasota community.
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Best Psychologist — Venice
Photo-verified Best of Venice winner five consecutive years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) in the Venice Gondolier readers’ choice awards, plus a second 2025 win in the Behavioral/Mental Health category.
Work with Our Award-Winning Team
Davenport Psychology provides doctoral-level mental health care at our offices in Sarasota and Venice, FL. Whether you need individual therapy, couples counseling, or psychological assessment, our licensed psychologists are here to help.