Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Katie works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Katie
Katie Smith is a licensed social worker in Michigan with five years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, or low self-esteem. She supports those facing relationship or family strain, grief, trauma, eating concerns, and attention difficulties.
Katie aims to make first steps toward change feel manageable and grounded in real life. Katie creates a calm space where clients can talk about what matters to them without judgment.
Background and approach
She listens for what’s getting in the way day to day and helps people set clear, achievable goals. Sessions focus on practical steps to reduce distress and improve coping, not on labels or readings of personality. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward.
She works with each person to build tools for regulating strong feelings like anger, managing panic or obsessive concerns, and boosting confidence. Conversations typically include problem-solving, behavior-focused plans, and strategies to improve communication with others. Clients often leave sessions with small, doable actions to try between meetings.
Over time those actions add up to better routines, clearer boundaries, and less reactivity. Katie pays attention to life transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum, adoption and foster care concerns, and issues common to young adults. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
Katie uses language that is direct and compassionate to help people move from feeling stuck to feeling more in control.
What Katie works with
Everything Katie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Katie's practice.
Approaches that help with strong feelings and daily challenges
Many effective, evidence-based techniques focus on skills and behavior change. One common approach teaches people concrete strategies for managing strong emotions like anger and panic. It emphasizes identifying triggers, practicing coping steps, and rehearsing calmer responses so intense feelings cause less disruption.Another evidence-based way centers on changing unhelpful thinking and behaviors that keep problems going. This method helps people spot patterns that increase anxiety or low mood, test different beliefs, and build new habits that improve daily functioning and relationships.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions often mix elements from different approaches until a helpful plan emerges together.
Online therapy offers practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let people talk face to face when schedules or travel get in the way. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or parented routines and to try strategies in real time.
Questions people ask about Katie
What concerns does Katie commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, eating issues, and ADHD-related struggles.
What is her general therapy style?
Sessions are collaborative and practical. Katie listens closely, helps set achievable goals, and offers straightforward tools to manage emotions and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Katie has five years of professional work experience as a clinician supporting people with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Katie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.