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Michigan

Catherine Smith, LMSW, BCD, MSHA, CLC

Licensed Master Social Worker

Traverse City, MIOnline Therapy
License #680106818632 years of experienceAges 20–75

With over 30 years of experience as a Clinical Social Worker, I bring a compassionate, evidence-based approach to helping women navigate life’s most personal and complex transitions. My background spans both medical and mental health settings, allowing me to address the full spectrum of emotional and physical challenges that impact overall well-being.

I specialize in women’s health and reproductive mental health, including concerns related to fertility, pregnancy, postpartum adjustment, loss, and menopause. Whether you’re coping with mood changes, identity shifts, or the emotional toll of hormonal transitions, I offer a supportive space to explore, heal, and rediscover balance.

My approach integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and mindfulness-based therapies, tailored to meet each client’s unique needs. I also emphasize collaboration—helping you connect the dots between mind, body, and environment so that you can make meaningful and lasting change.

I work from a strengths-based, integrative perspective that honors your lived experience and resilience. Therapy with me is a collaborative process focused on insight, empowerment, and practical coping tools that fit your current life stage.

I work with

IndividualsFamily (Adults)

Accepted insurances

  • 6 Degrees
  • 90 Degree Benefits
  • Aegis LLC
  • Aetna/ First Health
  • Aetna
  • Aetna Affordable Health Choices/ Aetna Voluntary
  • Aetna EAP
  • Allstate Benefits (through Allied Benefit Systems)
  • American Continental (Aetna Senior Supplemental)
  • Assured Benefit Administrators
  • Boon-Chapman Administrators/ Wellnet Healthcare
  • Christian Brothers Services

I specialize in

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Mood Disorder
  • Relationship/Family Stress
  • Self Esteem
  • Life Transitions
  • Stress
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Military/Veteran Allied
  • Postpartum/Perinatal Depression

Treatment approaches

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Solution Focused Therapy
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Attachment-based
  • Behavior Therapy/Behavior Modification
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Psychodynamic
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Communities I work with

  • Healthcare Professionals
  • Military/Veteran Allied

Education

MSW

Michigan State UniversityGraduated 1994