About Katherine
Katherine Pettit is a licensed social worker who uses straightforward, practical therapy to help people facing addiction, anxiety, depression, and related concerns. She brings six years of experience and focuses on helping people regain control, set goals, and manage day-to-day challenges. Katherine works from a respectful, person-centered stance and treats each client as the expert on their life.
Her main methods include cognitive behavioral strategies, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work.
How Katherine works
Those approaches are used to address substance use and co-occurring issues, relapse prevention, codependency, and mood concerns. She also supports people dealing with trauma, grief, body image, and relationship struggles. Katherine emphasizes collaboration and practical steps.
Sessions often focus on clear goals, skill building, and small changes that add up over time. She helps people notice patterns, try new coping tools, and track progress between sessions. Typical concerns she addresses include stress, sleep problems, anger, social anxiety, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.
Her work also covers family of origin issues, communication problems, and forgiveness or shame-related struggles. This breadth allows her to tailor plans based on what each person needs. Therapy with Katherine usually blends short-term problem solving and longer-term skill development.
She aims to empower people to make choices that match their values and ambitions. If someone is ready to take steps toward change, she offers steady support and practical guidance.
Katherine lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Katherine works with
The areas below are the ones Katherine selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How Katherine’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based ideas focus on patterns in relationships and how early connections affect current feelings. Online sessions use this lens to notice interaction habits and support healthier ways of relating.Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and working at the client’s pace. In sessions Katherine follows each person’s lead, reflects their concerns, and helps them find their own solutions and strengths.
Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Katherine uses practical CBT tools to change unhelpful thinking, build coping skills for anxiety or depression, and create relapse prevention plans for addictions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative step. Katherine will discuss options and try methods that match a person’s goals and preferences. Together they adjust strategies based on what feels most useful and what produces progress.
Online work offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice and deeper discussion. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and support consistent progress.
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