Katie Estelle, LMSW

Michigan · 3 years in practice

Katie Estelle is a licensed master social worker who helps people facing relationship and life transitions.

License and registration

LMSW, Michigan: 6801114744 · expires May 2028
NPI: 1417653478 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 3
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Katie

Katie Estelle is a licensed master social worker who helps people facing relationship and life transitions. She focuses on clear, compassionate conversation and practical steps. Katie works with people dealing with intimacy challenges, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, and feeling isolated or overwhelmed.

She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide sessions. That means she pays attention to emotions in the moment, helps people notice unhelpful patterns, and supports values-based changes.

Background and approach

Sessions are often conversational and goal-oriented, with moments for noticing bodily reactions when useful. Katie’s background includes three years in school-based and individual therapy and broader social work experience. She brings that variety into independent practice in Michigan, where she focuses on relationships, family concerns, and transitions such as separation, fertility challenges, and adoption-related issues.

People meet her for help with caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, codependency, commitment questions, and family-of-origin concerns. She also supports those navigating alternative sexual cultures like kink and BDSM, and individuals processing grief or fertility-related loss. In sessions Katie aims to tailor the pace and techniques to each person.

She works collaboratively to set goals, practice new behaviors, and track progress. Her approach is practical, emotionally attentive, and grounded in everyday life challenges.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Katie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Intimacy-related issues
Parenting issues
Compassion fatigue
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fertility issues
Guilt and shame
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Pregnancy and childbirth
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Katie names

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Online support

How Katie blends emotion work with online therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on identifying and reshaping emotional responses that keep people stuck in unhelpful cycles. It is useful for relationship strains and intimacy issues because it helps people notice and shift the feelings that drive their behavior.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills for facing difficult thoughts while committing to actions that match personal values. It can help with career changes, caregiver stress, and coping with life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thoughts and habits that cause distress and testing small behavioral changes to improve daily functioning. It often helps with self-esteem, mood, and practical problem solving.

Katie approaches finding the right method as a team effort. She will talk with clients about their goals and preferences, try different techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. The process is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

Online sessions include video calls, phone meetings, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and nonverbal cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is handy for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy lives.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Katie help with?

She supports people with relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, self-esteem struggles, and life transitions like divorce or fertility challenges.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Sessions are conversational and emotionally focused, blending practical exercises with attention to feelings and patterns that show up in relationships.

What is her background and experience?

Katie has three years of experience in school-based and individual therapy plus additional social work experience, and she practices in a personal setting in Michigan.

What credentials and location apply?

She holds an LMSW, which stands for Licensed Master Social Worker, and she practices out of Michigan.

Which languages and international clients are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

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