Works with
How Courtney works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Courtney
Courtney Holbrook is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with ten years of experience supporting people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, grief, and life transitions. She offers a calm presence and practical steps to help someone get unstuck. She writes simply and listens closely to what matters most to each person.
Courtney uses a client-centered style that puts the person’s goals first. She asks questions, listens for strengths, and helps build small routines that can ease daily pressure.
Background and approach
When someone is dealing with difficult feelings from trauma, addiction, or relationship strain, she helps them find steady next steps. Her work draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and on dialectical behavior skills to manage intense emotion. She also brings mindfulness practices to help people regain focus and emotional balance.
This mix is tailored to each person rather than applied the same way for everyone. Courtney has helped people facing issues such as self-esteem struggles, career shifts, chronic health concerns, and caregiving stress. She supports LGBT clients and those coping with bipolar disorder, intimacy-related problems, or blended family challenges.
Her background includes working with trauma, abandonment concerns, and long-term patterns like codependency. People who want straightforward guidance and practical tools often find her approach useful. She encourages collaboration, sets small goals, and checks in on progress.
Those ready to try online sessions can expect clear options for how to meet and what to work on next.
What Courtney works with
Everything Courtney lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Courtney's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Courtney lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Courtney often combines client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build new routines. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT-style techniques provide concrete tools for managing strong feelings, setting boundaries, and improving communication in stressful moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Courtney works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. She checks in and adjusts the plan over time so sessions stay practical and relevant.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work and skills practice. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing coaching between longer meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy schedule.
Questions people ask about Courtney
What concerns does she help with?
Courtney supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, addiction, trauma, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family strain, grief, intimacy issues, career changes, bipolar challenges, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She works in a client-centered way that prioritizes the person’s goals and strengths, and blends practical skills with listening and reflection.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional social work experience supporting people through a wide range of life challenges and emotional concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices from that state.
What languages are offered and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available?
She meets via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed or paid for?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on the therapist’s listed availability.