Works with
How Courtney works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Courtney
Courtney Strong-Gurr is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona with 10 years of experience helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and addictions. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about hard things and start making changes. She also supports people facing depression, trauma, LGBT-related concerns, and relationship or intimacy issues.
Courtney focuses on practical steps that fit into a client's daily life. She listens first and helps people set goals they can use right away.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to reduce overwhelm, build coping skills, and improve communication in relationships. Her work draws on therapies that look at how early relationships shape current patterns and how thoughts influence feelings and actions. She helps people notice unhealthy cycles and try new ways of relating and responding.
For those with intense emotions, she teaches tools to manage distress and stay grounded. Courtney also supports people dealing with grief, career strain, parenting stress, body image concerns, and substance use challenges. She pays attention to how past losses, attachment wounds, or identity questions affect everyday choices.
Her approach balances emotional understanding with clear behavioral steps. Clients can expect a straightforward, compassionate style. She focuses on small, achievable changes while honoring each person's pace.
Courtney aims to empower people to move toward a more balanced and manageable life.
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
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Courtney lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online care
Courtney uses approaches that work well in remote sessions and focus on both feelings and actions. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change repeating dynamics in close relationships. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and empathy so clients feel heard while they identify their own goals and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral experiments to change mood and behavior.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Courtney collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She will adjust techniques over time and invite feedback to make sure the plan is useful and manageable.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversations and practicing skills together. Phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief updates, coaching between sessions, or ongoing support when schedules are tight. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or other responsibilities.
Questions people ask about Courtney
What concerns does this therapist help with?
Courtney helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and straightforward. She listens, helps set practical goals, and teaches coping skills people can use between sessions.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has 10 years of professional experience working with clients in clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Arizona.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions billed and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.