Katherine Pettit, LMSW

Katherine Pettit is a Michigan-licensed mental health therapist holding an LMSW (Licensed Master Social Worker) with six years of clinical experience focused on substance use and co-occurring disorders. She has supported people managing depression, anxiety, relapse prevention, codependency, and other mental health challenges, combining practical skills with an understanding of trauma's impact. Katherine emphasizes a person-centered, trauma-informed stance that recognizes each client as the expert of their own life and centers empowerment and self-determination in the work.

She draws on motivational interviewing to strengthen motivation and clarify goals, cognitive behavioral strategies to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and solution-focused techniques to build concrete steps toward change. Attachment-informed perspectives further guide work on relationships, intimacy, and family-of-origin concerns. Together these approaches are used to create individualized plans that target symptoms, reduce relapse risk, and build sustainable coping skills.

Katherine approaches therapy as a collaborative process, offering steady support as clients take steps toward improved wellbeing and more fulfilling lives. She provides services to clients in Michigan via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.

Therapeutic Approaches Adapted for Online Care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in relationships and emotional bonds, helping clients understand how early experiences influence current connections and intimacy. It can be useful for people navigating relationship difficulties, family-of-origin issues, and intimacy-related concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) works by identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replacing them with more adaptive strategies. CBT is often applied to anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday challenges where changing thought patterns leads to practical improvements.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented style that helps clients resolve ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change. It is often used in work around substance use, relapse prevention, and other behavior changes where building intrinsic motivation matters.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Katherine collaborates with each person to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists guide this collaborative decision-making to ensure the plan aligns with the client.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing clients to access care from home or other convenient locations. These options can make scheduling easier, support continuity of care, and increase accessibility for people balancing work, family, or mobility constraints.