Katherine Pettit, LMSW

Katherine Pettit is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with six years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and family concerns, grief, intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related difficulties. Katherine uses practical, goal-focused methods to address symptoms and daily struggles.

Katherine draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and then tries small, testable changes in how people respond. She also uses Attachment-Based approaches to look at how past relationships shape current reactions, and Client-Centered methods to keep the focus on each person’s priorities. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques help when people are weighing change or want concrete next steps.

She has experience with substance use and co-occurring disorders, including relapse prevention and drug and alcohol addiction issues. Katherine also works with codependency, family of origin problems, body image concerns, guilt and shame, isolation, and post-traumatic stress.

In sessions she aims to help people set clear goals, try specific coping strategies, and measure small improvements over time. Work is practical and oriented toward day-to-day functioning, such as sleep routines, managing anxiety attacks, or handling relationship conflicts.

People start by identifying one or two problems to address and then test new skills between meetings. Katherine uses straightforward, task-focused steps and revisits plans as progress is made.

How Katherine uses structured approaches in online sessions