Katherine Potts, LMSW, LCSW

Katherine Potts, LMSW, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in Michigan with ten years of experience. She works with adults who struggle when relationships or other people’s needs take priority, and with those facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and family conflict. She also supports people dealing with intimacy difficulties, eating concerns, low self-esteem, and life changes.

She trained at Wayne State University where she earned a Master of Social Work. In practice she uses straightforward cognitive behavioral approaches to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking. She also brings dialectical behavioral skills into sessions to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Katherine often combines motivational interviewing techniques when people are ambivalent about change. She incorporates imago relationship ideas when couples or partners want to explore patterns that keep repeating. Mindfulness practices are offered as simple skills to reduce reactivity and improve awareness.

Her background includes work with people who grew up in alcoholic families and those affected by codependency in family systems. She has experience addressing substance use, eating disorders, grief, and mood instability. She has co-facilitated DBT groups and uses DBT skills during individual work when helpful.

Sessions focus on practical skills, clear steps, and real-life problem solving. Katherine invites clients to learn tools they can use between appointments. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

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