Katherine Potts

Katherine Potts, LMSW, LCSW, offers down-to-earth support for people coping with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and eating and body-image concerns. She writes and talks plainly with clients so they know what to expect from conversation to skill practice. Her style suits people who want both practical tools and a thoughtful listener.

Katherine has a Master of Social Work from Wayne State University and more than a decade of clinical experience. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to challenge unhelpful thinking and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to help manage strong emotions. Motivational Interviewing helps when clients want help finding reasons to change and staying motivated.

Clients often come for help with mood problems, trauma history, substance use, codependency, and patterns that started in family systems. She also supports people facing grief, life transitions, intimacy questions, and issues tied to fertility or separation. Eating concerns and body-image issues are among the topics she addresses in sessions.

In therapy, Katherine combines short-term strategies with longer-term skill building. Sessions include practical exercises, skill practice, and straightforward talk about patterns that keep people stuck. She encourages learning DBT skills when they fit the client’s goals.

Her approach is collaborative and paced to the person in the room. She helps clients set clear goals, notice small changes, and build coping tools they can use day to day. People who want a mix of problem-solving and emotional skill building tend to find this approach useful.

How Katherine’s approaches translate to online care

Many of Katherine’s methods focus on clear thinking and practical skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of thinking or behaving to reduce anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills to manage strong emotions and improve relationships. Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to clarify values and strengthen motivation when someone is ambivalent about change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Katherine combines these methods based on each person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She will discuss what seems most useful and adjust the plan as progress is made so clients feel involved in decisions.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the exact session options before booking because this profile does not list formats. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also makes it possible to continue care if relocating or managing work and family demands. Licensed professionals often adapt CBT and DBT exercises for remote sessions so clients can practice skills between meetings.