Katherine Potts

Katherine Potts, LMSW, LCSW, is a clinical social worker in Michigan with ten years of practice. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, eating concerns, and questions about life purpose. Katherine also addresses intimacy issues, self-esteem, career doubts, and compassion fatigue.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Imago Relationship Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy in sessions. That looks like noticing unhelpful thoughts, practicing concrete skills for intense emotions, and using motivational conversations to support change. She brings DBT skills into work with mood instability and self-destructive patterns when useful.

Katherine's background includes a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University. She has worked with people dealing with trauma, grief, and substance use, and has experience with those who describe themselves as adult children of alcoholics. She has co-facilitated DBT groups and has worked with people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder.

In practical sessions she helps clients name problematic thinking, try small behavioral experiments, and learn emotion regulation techniques. For relationship concerns she uses Imago-based ideas to improve communication and address repeated conflict patterns. Therapy conversations can include discussions about abandonment, attachment, codependency, and commitment issues.

Her approach is direct and skills-focused while staying responsive to the client's pace. Katherine sees life changes, career doubts, loneliness, fertility-related stress, and body image concerns as parts of many people's real struggles. She works with individuals to sort priorities and identify manageable next steps.

How her methods translate to online sessions

Katherine uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in ways that fit remote work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavioral changes; it helps with anxiety, depression, and career or life decision struggles. DBT emphasizes concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which can benefit people with mood instability or patterns of self-destructive behavior.

She also draws on Motivational Interviewing to support readiness for change and Imago relationship ideas to guide communication work between partners. Figuring out which approach or mix of approaches fits best is part of the early work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to match methods to goals and preferences rather than assume one path.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also let people practice new skills in familiar settings and bring real-life relationship challenges into therapy conversations when appropriate.