How My Therapist Spent 5 Years Mapping My Trauma, Stole $126,000, Confessed in Writing — And Is Still Practicing Today
She Used My ADHD Diagnosis As A Roadmap To Steal $126,000, Confessed In Writing, And Is Still Treating Patients Today
The shocking true story of systematic financial and psychological abuse by a licensed mental health professional - and why she's still practicing today
Disclaimer: This article represents my personal experience and documented interactions with Emily Ann Davis, LLP #6361005093. All financial records, communications, and contracts referenced are in my possession and available to authorities. Where indicated, statements reflect claims made to me by Emily Davis during our interactions.
There's a moment when psychological warfare breaks you so completely that death feels like the only escape hatch. I reached that point in 2024 countless times — trapped in a labyrinth of manipulation, blackmail, and financial extortion engineered by the one person who had sworn to heal me: my therapist.
This isn't a story about therapy gone wrong. This is about calculated predation hiding behind a professional license. This is about how Emily Ann Davis, a Limited Licensed Psychologist (LLP #6361005093) currently practicing at Crossings Counseling in Troy, Michigan, weaponized five years of my vulnerabilities against me and extracted over $126,000 through systematic psychological torture.
Emily’s Profile on Psychology Today
She threatened to expose my darkest moments — my battles with alcoholism, the violence and abuse dynamics in my family, every shameful secret I'd confessed in therapy — if I didn't comply with her demands. She threatened to file complaints against me herself, using her professional credentials as a weapon.
And this is about how I survived—and why I'm going to do everything within my power to ensure justice is served. Nobody should ever endure what you’re about to read.
"What I didn't realize: she was methodically documenting every weakness, every insecurity, every pressure point that could later be exploited."
The Perfect Setup: Building Her Arsenal (2018-2023)
For five years, from late 2018 to April 2023, I sat across from Emily Ann Davis, pouring out my deepest traumas, fears, and vulnerabilities. I originally went to see her to get myself sober. I discussed my battles with alcoholism, my career anxieties, my relationship patterns, and childhood traumas — including the sexual abuse I'd endured for 5–6 years as a child. I trusted her completely — that's what you're supposed to do in therapy, right?
The billing records tell their own story. From September 22, 2018 to April 13, 2023, I paid for 303 therapy sessions. That's 303 hours of me sitting across from her, pouring out my deepest wounds, while she took notes that would later become her blueprint for destruction.
What I didn't realize: she was methodically documenting every weakness, every insecurity, every pressure point that could later be exploited. Every confession about my ADHD struggles, every story about past relationships, every detail about my family dynamics, every shameful moment from my drinking — all became ammunition in her arsenal.
Emily's Hidden Wealth: The CEO's Daughter (Background)
What I didn't know during our early therapeutic relationship was Emily's true financial background. She presented herself as a struggling therapist building her practice, but Emily Davis is the daughter of Mark Davis, CEO of LaVida Massage Franchise Development.
Mark Davis runs a multi-million dollar massage franchise empire with locations across multiple states. LaVida Massage centers "have the potential of grossing $500,000 to more than $1 million per year" according to Davis himself. The company has reported "annual revenue up 148 percent each consecutive year" with "membership sales across the network increased more than 310 percent."
This means Emily had access to significant family wealth while systematically bleeding me dry. She wasn't some desperate therapist needing money — she was the daughter of a successful CEO who chose to destroy a vulnerable patient for sport.
The scale of her family's business became even clearer in October 2024, when "30 LaVida Massage locations across seven states were rebranded as Hand & Stone franchise spas," indicating major business transactions worth millions.
Emily had money. She had resources. She had a successful family business empire. Yet she chose to extort $126,000 from a patient recovering from job loss and trauma.
This wasn't about financial need. This was about power, control, and the thrill of destroying someone who trusted her completely.
The Weaponization Manual: My ADHD Evaluation (2022)
In 2022, Emily conducted a formal neuropsychological evaluation that diagnosed me with ADHD, Combined Presentation, and confirmed my existing PTSD diagnosis. That evaluation — which I've since obtained — reads like an intelligence dossier. She documented my fidgeting, my difficulty with follow-through, my memory issues from trauma, my tendency to work in short bursts, my need for external accountability. She noted how I'd forget basic self-care without reminders, how I struggled with time perception, how I'd been parentified as a child when my father's mental health crisis left our family homeless.
The evaluation wasn't just a diagnosis — it was a weaponization manual. Every ADHD symptom documented became a pressure point. Every trauma response mapped became a button to push. She didn't just know I had ADHD — she had an 8-page clinical document detailing exactly how my brain worked and how to exploit it.
Here's another red flag that investigators need to examine: In the ADHD evaluation document from 2022, Emily is listed as "Emily Spears" - not Emily Davis. Throughout our entire relationship, she presented herself as Dr. Emily Ann Davis. This name discrepancy raises serious questions about her identity and potential fraud involving multiple professional identities. She literally fed information to the evaluating psychologist about my executive functioning deficits, then used that same clinical assessment as a roadmap for manipulation. The evaluation documents that she reported I "show a lot of restlessness in sessions, always needing to be moving" and noted my "difficulty following through with things at work and with his hobbies."
She had my brain mapped, clinically documented, and weaponized before she ever invited me to her home.
Every detail. Every vulnerability. Every button she could push.
The Workplace Nightmare: Setting the Perfect Trap (Early 2023)
The months leading up to my termination were a masterclass in workplace toxicity that would leave me professionally devastated and financially vulnerable — exactly what Emily needed.
My manager Tom consistently undermined me despite my being a top performer for two years running. When I disclosed my ADHD diagnosis (which Emily herself had diagnosed through formal psychological testing), asking for clearer instructions and explanations of multi-step processes, Tom dismissed it entirely: "Yeah well, I probably have it too, I get distracted sometimes too." No accommodations were ever discussed.
My assigned coach Scott repeatedly invited me to "grab a beer" despite my explicitly telling him I was in recovery from alcoholism. When I reported this, Tom dismissed it: "Well that's just how Scott is."
The retaliation escalated after I filed an HR complaint on January 25th. By March 27th, 2023, they locked me out of all systems and placed me on leave. Two days later, they terminated me, using my ADHD need for clarity against me by creating constantly moving targets I could never hit.
This professional betrayal left me with zero income, mounting bills, and a potentially career-ending U5 form hanging over my head. My 401k became my only financial cushion.
Emily had been waiting for this moment of maximum vulnerability.
The Transition from Healer to Handler (April 2023)
"Looking back, the red flags were blinding. But when you're drowning and someone offers a hand, you don't inspect it for weapons."
Within weeks of my termination, Emily proposed transitioning our relationship beyond therapy — a "personal connection" that would give me the "unconventional support" I needed. Professional boundaries? Ethics? Those were inconvenient obstacles to her plan.
I told her I could no longer afford therapy sessions. Rather than referring me to lower-cost options, she invited me to her Berkley home "under the pretense of providing extra support." This was already a catastrophic breach of therapist-patient boundaries.
What happened next was systematic boundary destruction that should haunt every licensing board in America.
The Complete Boundary Annihilation: Evidence from Inside Her Home
Emily didn't just blur professional boundaries — she obliterated them while maintaining the power dynamic of therapist and patient. Here's what LARA investigators need to understand about the scope of these violations:
She gave me a key to her home: 1939 Kipling Ave, Berkley, MI 48072. I stayed there frequently. I fell asleep next to her on the couch more times than I can count. Her six-year-old son Braeden knew me well enough to ask for hugs and say goodnight. This wasn't clinical care. It was entanglement, coercion, and control.
The level of intimate access I had proves this wasn't therapy:
Front door: Old, wooden, rarely used, with a second lock mounted high inside that must be unlatched manually
Her home office: She gave me the combination to her locked office containing a Pilates Transformer machine
Living spaces: Blue L-shaped couch where I regularly slept, basement access where she stored snacks for her and Braeden
Her bedroom: Including a large glass stand-up shower which I personally used
Braeden's bedroom: Bunk bed where he slept on top, with a monitor Emily used to watch him remotely from her bedroom
During therapy sessions, Emily gave me frequent gifts — Moleskine notebooks and a framed painting she said represented the word "inimitable," a term she used to describe me. She told me I was her most "risky" patient, then in the same breath said I was her "favorite person in the world." That contradiction became the foundation of an emotionally abusive, dependent dynamic.
She claimed professional kinship to justify the boundary violations: Emily told me she shared my diagnoses — ADHD and complex PTSD. She claimed she had "healed herself" and that I just needed to trust her process and follow her lead. This was grooming disguised as therapeutic alliance.
We became a family unit while she maintained her professional power:
I accompanied her and Braeden on vacation to an Airbnb in 2023
She bought us tickets to see Shane Gillis in Cleveland for my birthday
She bought me tickets to see the musician NF (which I declined due to deteriorating mental state)
I attended Braeden's basketball and baseball games with Emily
I personally met and shook hands with Jeff Spears, her ex-husband, multiple times — he saw me at events and knew who I was
This wasn't a therapeutic relationship. This was a calculated grooming operation where Emily used her license as cover to create total dependency.
The relationship quickly morphed into something unrecognizable. Emily began dictating who I could speak to, where I could go, how I should spend my time. I was instructed to cut off contact with former partners, friends, and reduce communication with family. Her reasoning? They were "toxic influences" who couldn't be trusted.
She had names for all of them: Egla Kishta, Alexis Smith, Natalie Nufer, Hannah Soroka, Katie Markel, Abby McCoy, Alexis Carter. Women from my past who she claimed were "unstable" and "dangerous." I was ordered to block them all.
My world systematically narrowed until Emily was my primary connection, my interpreter of reality. Classic isolation tactics of an abuser, executed with the precision of someone trained in psychological manipulation.
I was at her house almost daily. I knew her son Braeden extremely well and we became buddies. I spent so much time there that when I was over at night, Braeden would ask me to come say goodnight to him each night and give him a hug. I was his favorite person according to Emily. She manipulated me knowing I cared about him.
This is where Emily's manipulation became truly sick: she weaponized her own child against me.
Emily would often cry in front of me, saying "Cody please I don't want to lose everything and lose my child." She claimed Reily and Mark were stalking Braeden, posting pictures of him online, threatening his safety. She painted scenarios where I was somehow responsible for putting him in danger through my connection to these supposed threats.
The child weaponization was psychological torture. I genuinely cared about Braeden like he was my own nephew. The thought of him being in danger because of something connected to me was unbearable. Emily knew this and exploited it ruthlessly, using my protective instincts toward her child as leverage to control my behavior and extract money.
The Manufactured Crisis: Enter Reily and Mark (September 2023)
In September 2023, I began dating Reily Marie Newton, someone I met on a dating app. Let me be clear about Reily — she wasn't some long-term ex I was hung up on. We dated briefly before Emily's conspiracy theories forced me to cut contact.
This seemingly innocent relationship triggered an astonishing reaction from Emily, who suddenly claimed Reily was "targeting" both of us in an elaborate harassment campaign.
Here's where Emily's manipulation becomes truly sinister: she knew details about Reily that I had never shared with her.
"She has a breeding kink," Emily told me matter-of-factly one day, revealing information I had never disclosed to her. "And she was Little Mark's student at the high school where he taught before being fired for inappropriate relationships with students."
How the fuck did my therapist know intimate sexual details about someone I'd just started dating? How did she know where Reily worked? Her past relationships? Her connection to Mark Messmore? Her legal case details?
Emily's knowledge wasn't accidental. It was evidence of something much darker.
Mark Messmore’s Criminal Convictions
The Web of Lies: Emily's Elaborate Theater (Fall 2023)
Emily didn't just claim harassment was happening — she manufactured evidence to prove an elaborate conspiracy. Over the following months, she showed me:
Facebook posts supposedly made by Reily about me
A signature page from what she claimed was an NDA with Reily's signature
Documentation showing Reily had somehow bought Emily's divorce records
"Proof" that Reily was posting photos of Emily's 5-year-old son online
The allegations became increasingly bizarre: Reily was supposedly stalking Emily's child, posting pictures of my niece on pedophile sites, creating sex tapes with her ex-husband just to torment Emily, and running a blackmail scheme with Mark that they'd used on "a lot of people."
Emily painted herself as the primary victim, claiming Reily had destroyed her career and reputation out of jealousy over my relationship with Emily. She claimed she lost a "research license" because of Reily's harassment — a license that never existed.
"Little Mark" — Mark Messmore — was supposedly Reily's accomplice. Emily claimed he was orchestrating attacks against us, painting him as a dangerous predator. She was right about his criminal history — in 2020, Mark had been convicted of four felonies including identity theft and computer crimes against women, including Reily herself.
When I suggested going to police, Emily blamed me: "How is she going to be connected to me? Through YOU." She claimed I brought all these problems to her life.
The Death That Made Me Desperate (October 2023)
In October 2023, my best friend and mentor — the person who brought me into the financial industry, who believed in me before I believed in myself — died. I was devastated. Lost. Unraveling in ways I didn't even realize yet.
Emily knew exactly what his death meant to me. She'd heard me talk about him in therapy for years. She used that grief like a weapon, reminding me constantly that without him, I had no one left who truly understood me.
No one except her.
This grief, combined with the manufactured crisis around Reily, left me more vulnerable than I'd ever been.
The Escalation: 70 Calls and Orchestrated Terror (Late 2023)
Then came the crescendo: approximately 70 calls from a blocked number over just a few days. Emily presented this as irrefutable proof that Reily and Mark were dangerously obsessed and stalking us.
Emily was often crying in front of me, saying "Cody please I don't want to lose everything and lose my child." She claimed Reily and Mark were going to bombard FINRA with false complaints about me, destroying my one shot at clearing my professional record through my pending arbitration case.
She weaponized my protective instincts. I cared about Braeden like he was my own nephew. The thought of him being in danger because of something connected to me was unbearable.
Under this intense psychological pressure, I severed contact with Reily, cutting off what might have been my escape route from Emily's growing control.
The Contract from Hell: Psychological Slavery (February 2024)
By February 2024, Emily had constructed her masterpiece of manipulation. Anonymous texts arrived listing my FINRA identification number, followed by threatening letters with false allegations — never actually sent to FINRA, just meant to terrorize me. Here is what was sent to my house with the names of family members and friends and EVEN my recently dead best friend.
With my FINRA arbitration case pending, these threats struck my most vulnerable point. Emily knew exactly what I stood to lose.
"I have a solution," she said, presenting a multi-page contract that would "protect" me from these supposed enemies.
The contract was psychological and financial slavery disguised as protection.
The restrictions were suffocating:
No contact with Reily Newton — permanently
No contact with seven other named individuals from my past
No romantic relationships until June 2026 without Emily's approval
Deactivate all social media accounts
Delete all dating profiles
Consent to monitoring of all electronic devices "with or without notice"
Leave my phone and laptop in my car when visiting her home
The psychological controls were insidious:
I couldn't defend myself if she accused me of anything
I couldn't question her memory of events
I couldn't ask for proof of her claims
I had to validate her feelings even when I disagreed
I couldn't speak about her to anyone without written permission until May 2025
The financial obligations were crushing:
Immediate payment of $5,000
$41,000 to be paid March-May in transfers under $9,000 each
$50,000 to be paid starting June at $1,000/month
$100 monthly into a trust account for her minor child
5% of any future financial industry income — forever
$54,349.67 from my 401k within 72 hours if she deemed me in violation
The contract specified payments "of no more than $9,000" — just under the $10,000 threshold that triggers mandatory IRS reporting. This is criminal structuring, designed to evade federal detection.
When I hesitated, her threats were explicit and devastating. She threatened to expose every shameful detail from my therapy sessions — my battles with alcoholism, the violence and abuse dynamics in my family, every moment of weakness I'd confessed. Most importantly: "If you don't shut up, I'm going to write the letter to FINRA myself. I know everything about you."
Under extreme duress, I signed it. What choice did I have?
The Financial Bloodletting: $126,000 Systematically Stolen (February-June 2024)
The financial exploitation was systematic and devastating. Between February and June 2024, I transferred approximately $126,000 to Emily through carefully structured payments designed to avoid detection.
The payment schedule was relentless:
$15,000 on June 27
$7,500 on June 26
$5,000 on June 25
Multiple transfers of $5,000-$9,000 throughout April and May
A check for $5,222.86 on June 27
Every transaction deliberately under $10,000 to avoid mandatory bank reporting — federal structuring crimes under 31 U.S.C. § 5324.
To meet these demands, I liquidated investment accounts, withdrew from my 401(k) incurring massive penalties, and drained every penny of savings. My monthly income from my new job was $6,349. I was sending Emily more than double my income.
Emily claimed this money was going to a "reputation management firm" called "Kai's PR Kingdom" run by someone named "Kai." She mentioned other operatives: "Cav" and "Hayden." This supposed firm had a "digital expert" who could somehow stop FINRA complaints from going through — which isn't how any of this works.
When I asked for proof of these services or contact information, she'd dodge or claim it was "too dangerous" to share. She claimed I cost her around $200,000 in legal fees to hire this firm, but refused to name it, claiming "I signed an NDA. You have no reason to not trust me. I have never harmed you."
Here is the contract amendment she made me agree to in June of 2023 sent from her therapist email.
Living Under Siege: Complete Psychological Control (Spring 2024)
By spring 2024, I was approaching complete psychological collapse. The contract controlled every aspect of my existence:
Technology restrictions:
Leave all devices in my car at her home
Submit to device monitoring anytime
She installed "VPN monitoring" on my laptop
Banned from all social media
Couldn't even have LinkedIn
Social restrictions:
No dating until 2026
No contact with anyone from my past
Limited family communication
Required to document all human interactions
Had to explain any absence over 2 hours
Psychological restrictions:
Couldn't question her version of events
Had to accept her memories as fact
Required to show empathy while being abused
Forced to journal about my "wrongdoings"
Attend therapy on her schedule
I developed paralyzing anxiety attacks. Sleep became nearly impossible — I'd jolt awake in terror, convinced I'd violated some provision. I lost 40 pounds. I couldn't focus. I was dying from the inside out.
The most devastating aspect was the isolation. Cut off from friends, family, and romantic connections, I had no one to validate my reality. Emily had become my only significant human contact, making her version of reality the only one that existed.
The June Amendment: Tightening the Noose (June 2024)
On June 23, 2024, as I was beginning to crack under the pressure, Emily presented an "amendment" to our contract. This wasn't mercy — it was calculated escalation to ensure lifelong financial control.
New provisions included:
I could return to social media (but she'd monitor everything)
Continue paying her share of "technology expert" fees
Establish a financial account for her son
Give her 5% of future income with no cap
Notify her before starting any new job
If I died, she'd become beneficiary until her son turned 18
The amendment ensured that even if I tried to rebuild my life, I'd remain financially shackled to her indefinitely.
The Final Manipulation: Child Exploitation and Desperate Lies (August 2024)
After my FINRA victory stripped away her leverage, Emily's desperation became pathetic. On August 10, 2024, she sent me texts that revealed the depth of her manipulation:
"My kid doesn't need to go through another really painful and confusing experience in his life. B didn't do anything. Whatever it is you think I deserve, I'm happy to answer for. I can defend myself. He can't... Can you please just let me know you're not going to try to have Braeden taken from me."
This was her final card: painting herself as a protective mother when she was the one who had weaponized her own child for months. She continued:
"You know you never saw me harm him in any way. Can he be safe?"
The fucking audacity. I never threatened her child. I never threatened anyone. But she had spent months using Braeden as leverage, claiming threats against him to manipulate me into compliance.
The Money Demand and Radio Silence (August 26, 2024)
When I finally demanded my money back, Emily's response was telling — complete radio silence.
My message was clear: "I need you to return the 126,000 dollars you extorted from me. I am giving you this opportunity against the advice of my attorneys, they want me to go to the police and report all actions and take you to court and prosecute you. I don't want to ruin your life but the choice is yours. It is illegal for a therapist to blackmail their patients, it is illegal for a therapist to enter into a contract with a patient that requires them to pay damages, pay a percentage of their income, etc... Give me back my money."
Her response? Nothing.
When I sent follow-up messages demanding the return of my $126,000, she simply disappeared. The woman who had sent 7-page manipulation emails suddenly had nothing to say when confronted with her crimes.
Just weeks earlier, she had texted: "I wanted to give you the reassurance that literally everything has been deleted. I ended my affiliation with the firm I was working with... You were completely right about the dynamic that was going on- that insanity needed to end."
She admitted it was "insanity." She admitted she ended her fake firm. She admitted everything was deleted. But she kept my $126,000.
The Confession: When Predators Accidentally Document Their Crimes (August 11, 2024)
On August 11, 2024, just two days after my FINRA hearing stripped away her leverage, Emily sent an email that would become Exhibit A in her own prosecution. This rambling 7-page manifesto wasn't an apology — it was a masterclass in manipulation tactics, gaslighting, and inadvertent confession.
She admits to lying: "To clarify- nothing is held, saved, stored, etc. related to any government agency. I wasn't lying about that."
Translation: Everything else I told you? Total fucking lie.
She admits to threats: "And yes, I fully acknowledge that one time, 6 months ago now, I made one threatening comment."
She admits the contract made a genuine relationship impossible: "I agree with you that it's impossible to have a friendship where something like the agreement exists that one person facilitates."
Most revealing: "I literally put my license in your hands from the start."
She KNEW I had trust issues from trauma. She KNEW putting her "license in my hands" would make me feel responsible for protecting her. She weaponized my own protective instincts against me.
Days later, another email where she admitted to "insanity" and claimed she'd "deleted all materials" and "ended contracts with third parties." The reputation management firm? The technology expert? The protective services I'd paid $126,000 for?
They never existed.
The Investigation Reveals the Truth (2025)
By early 2025, I'd hired private investigators and assembled overwhelming evidence of the conspiracy web:
The threatening communications:
Anonymous texts traced to VOIP numbers in NYC and Chicago
The FINRA letter traced to TAQ — Taqueria Restaurant and Bar at 81 Warren St., NYC, owned by Mark's family
Email threats using German servers (Posteo) requiring no ID
Multiple suspicious iCloud accounts ending in "0" + letter
The Reily-Mark connection exposed:
They'd shared addresses for years, including 101 W Liberty St, Ann Arbor
Reily attended Saline High where Mark taught before being fired for inappropriate student relationships
Mark convicted in 2020 of identity theft and computer crimes against women including Reily
Despite court-ordered no contact, they continued living together
Both subject to no-contact orders because of his crimes — orders they violated
The financial fraud:
$126,000 transferred under structured payments to avoid federal reporting
No evidence of any "reputation firm" — "Kai's PR Kingdom" was a defunct LinkedIn page
Emily's checking account showed just $371 in March 2025 despite stealing $126,000
Clear violation of IRS reporting requirements
How did Emily know intimate details about Reily that I'd never shared? The private investigator couldn't definitively prove the connection, but Emily's impossible knowledge suggests either direct contact with Reily/Mark or access to information through some other means.
The Gaslighting Continues: When Your Abuser Reads Their Own Story (April 2025)
On April 10, 2025, something revealing happened. I'd published this story using only initials — trying to protect people's identities. No full names. Just initials.
Reily Newton somehow found it, read it, and immediately knew it was about her.
Think about that. I used initials. I could have been writing about anyone. But she knew.
Instead of "Holy shit, are you okay?" she sent this Instagram message:
"Hi. I saw the article. I'm sorry for everything you were enduring and that I seemed to escalate it for you... Mark never knew about you... this was a situation that also caused me emotional distress..."
Let's dissect this manipulation:
"I seemed to escalate it for you" — Not "Emily extorted you," but somehow SHE'S the one who "seemed" to make it worse
"Mark never knew about you" — Really? The man whose family restaurant was the return address on threatening letters?
Zero acknowledgment of the $126,000 stolen
Zero explanation of why Emily knew intimate details about her
Makes herself a victim while taking zero accountability
This message perfectly encapsulates why documentation matters. Even when exposed, they continue the manipulation.
Fighting Back: The Current War (2025-Present)
As of today, August 6, 2025, Emily Ann Davis still holds her license (#6361005093) and is still practicing at Crossings Counseling in Troy, Michigan. She's still seeing vulnerable clients who have no idea what she's capable of.
The System's Failure:
March 2025: Filed formal complaint with Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA)
May 2025: Met with two LARA investigators for over an hour
August 6, 2025: LARA complaint still "under review" after 5+ months
August 6, 2025: Warren Police called to inform me they won't pursue criminal charges "beyond a reasonable doubt" — despite 500 pages of evidence, bank statements, confession emails, and structured payment records
The system has failed. Local police won't act. State licensing moves at glacial pace. Meanwhile, Emily continues practicing.
Federal Pressure Campaign (Active):
FBI tip submitted under money laundering category
FBI Detroit White Collar Crime Division contacted
FinCEN Suspicious Activity Report filed
US Attorney's Office Eastern District Michigan notified
This isn't just about getting my money back anymore. This is about preventing Emily from destroying another life.
The Legal Implications: Multiple Federal Crimes
What Emily did wasn't just unethical — it was criminal:
Extortion under Michigan law (MCL 750.213)
Structuring financial transactions to evade reporting (31 U.S.C. § 5324)
Intentional infliction of emotional distress
Breach of fiduciary duty
Violations of HIPAA privacy rules
Professional misconduct under Michigan Admin Code R 338.1761
Using therapy knowledge as blackmail weapons
She didn't just break trust — she broke laws. Multiple federal laws.
The Recovery and Reclamation
The damage Emily inflicted was comprehensive:
$126,000 stolen
Career nearly destroyed
Relationships severed
Two years of my life stolen
Trust in therapy shattered
PTSD compounded exponentially
But here's what nobody tells you about surviving psychological abuse at this level: your brain rewires itself in ways you never imagined possible. For months after breaking free, I'd wake up in cold sweats, convinced I'd violated some rule. I'd check my phone obsessively, terrified of missing a message that could trigger punishment.
But resilience isn't some magical quality. It's a muscle that grows stronger each time it's tested. Every day I didn't collapse was a victory. Every moment I questioned her reality was a revolution. Every time I reached for help — even when my hand shook — was an act of courage.
I've sought legitimate therapy with a properly credentialed professional who understands therapist abuse. I'm rebuilding financially despite the massive setback. Most importantly, I'm reclaiming my narrative through writing and advocacy.
This Is About More Than Me
Professional exploitation happens more than we acknowledge, especially to those already vulnerable. Predators with credentials are particularly dangerous because their authority grants them both access and plausible deniability.
If you're experiencing professional exploitation:
Document everything obsessively
Save all communications
Track all financial transactions
Tell someone — anyone — what's happening
Contact your state licensing board
Remember: ethical professionals have boundaries
Warning signs I missed:
Transitioning from professional to personal relationship
Isolating you from support systems
Financial entanglement
Threats using professional knowledge
Claims only they can "help" you
Elaborate stories about external threats
Contracts controlling personal life
Payments structured to avoid detection
If your therapist does ANY of these things, run:
Suggests continuing therapy outside the office when you can't afford sessions
Invites you to their home
Shifts from therapist to 'friend'
Asks for money beyond session fees
Creates contracts controlling your personal life
Monitors your devices
Isolates you from support systems
Uses your disclosed traumas as threats
Claims only they can 'protect' you
These aren't red flags — they're fucking air raid sirens.
The Punch in the Fucking Face
Listen closely, because this is the part that matters:
This should have killed me. By every metric — psychological, financial, emotional — I should be dead. Emily counted on that. She bet everything on breaking me so completely that I'd either end my life or spend the rest of it too shattered to speak.
She lost that bet.
See, here's what predators like her don't understand about people like us: We've already survived the unsurvivable. We've already been broken and rebuilt ourselves with our bare fucking hands. We've stared into the abyss so many times it knows our name.
You think you can use my trauma against me? My trauma is what forged me into someone who can document your crimes while having a panic attack. My ADHD isn't a weakness — it's what made me hyperfocus on collecting every receipt, every text, every piece of evidence that will end your career.
To everyone reading this who's trapped in their own version of hell: Document everything. Trust your gut when it screams. And remember — the very fact that you're still breathing is proof that you're stronger than whatever is trying to destroy you.
To the professionals who weaponize their credentials: We see you. We're coming for your licenses. We're dismantling the systems that protect you. Your days of hiding behind degrees and manipulating the vulnerable are numbered.
And to Emily, when you read this — because I know you will — understand something: You didn't break me. You revealed me. Every dollar you stole, every freedom you restricted, every lie you told — it all just sharpened the weapon I've become.
I'm not your victim anymore. I'm your reckoning.
The Call to Action
Emily Ann Davis is still practicing. Her license number is #6361005093. She's at Crossings Counseling in Troy, Michigan. Right now, today, vulnerable people are sitting across from her, trusting her with their deepest wounds.
If you've been victimized by a therapist:
Document everything — texts, emails, banking records, contracts
File a complaint with your state licensing board immediately
Report financial crimes to law enforcement
Contact an attorney specializing in professional malpractice
Find a trauma-informed therapist who specializes in therapy abuse
Know this: It's not your fault. Predators target vulnerability — that's what makes them predators.
If you're a therapist reading this who's crossed boundaries with a client — know that we're coming for your license. The age of professional predators hiding behind credentials is fucking over.
This is what resilience truly means: transforming your deepest wounds into the exact weapon needed to protect others from suffering the same fate.
You tried to kill me. Now I'm going to do everything I can within the law to make sure you never hurt anyone again.
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TAKE ACTION:
Contact LARA (Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs) and demand they expedite complaint #[complaint number] against Emily Ann Davis, LLP #6361005093
Contact Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office about professional predators
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THE GOAL:
Emily Ann Davis must lose her license before she destroys another life.
Every share, every call, every email puts pressure on a system that wants to ignore this. Together, we can make sure professional predators face consequences.
Don't let the system protect her. Share this story.
— Cody Taymore
Kill The Silence
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My Therapist Extorted $126,000, Controlled My Life, and Almost Destroyed Me
This post reflects my personal lived experience. All events are documented through verifiable communications, contracts, and official reports. This story includes allegations that have been reported to state and legal authorities.
That she is still practicing and not in prison is absolutely nuts.
Cody, I’m speechless and heartbroken reading this. The level of manipulation and harm you describe is horrifying, but what struck me most is the abuse of power and perversion of trust. Your courage in speaking out matters… not just for you, but for every survivor who’s still trying to make sense of harm that came disguised as help. Thank you for refusing to stay silent.