Carrie L. Potoff, MSW, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has been practicing for over 15 years. She works collaboratively with children, adolescents and young adults between the ages of 7 – 25 years old. Carrie is a Certified Cognitive Therapist through the Academy of Cognitive Therapy (ACT), with extensive training through the Beck Institute and the International OCD Foundation’s Behavior Therapy Training Institute (BTTI). She treats a range of anxiety disorders – with particular interest in social anxiety disorder, separation anxiety and panic disorder. Carrie is has extensive expertise in obsessive compulsive disorder as well as depression.
Carrie’s practice also works with many competitive athletes such as D1 lacrosse players, rowers, swimmers, field hockey players and cheerleaders, sharpen and hone their mental game.
Carrie earned her Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. Following her graduate training at the Children’s Hospital in Detroit, MI, she was an inpatient clinician at Georgetown University Hospital where she provided intensive inpatient and outpatient psychotherapy for children diagnosed with chronic and terminal illnesses who often also struggled with co-morbid anxiety and/or depression.
In utilizing an evidenced-based approach, Carrie has assisted clients and their families set and achieve short and long term goals. Enhancing effective coping skills, building self-esteem, managing stress, all while creating and nurturing positive relationships.
