- Practical coping tools
- Nonjudgmental support
- Attachment-informed care
About Courtney
Courtney Strong-Gurr, LPC, helps people coping with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, depression, and a wide range of life challenges. She works with concerns related to relationships, intimacy, parenting, self-esteem, and identity questions including LGBT and gender dysphoria. Adoption and foster care issues are also listed among her focus areas. Her tone is direct and encouraging for people taking first steps toward change.
Courtney creates an open space for people to talk through what feels hard. She aims to reduce judgment and make it easier to speak honestly about thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on practical tools and honest conversation rather than labels or jargon.
Her approach pulls from several methods to match a person’s needs. She uses attachment-informed ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Cognitive behavioral techniques help identify unhelpful thinking and build different habits. Dialectical and client-centered ideas add emotion regulation and a respectful, person-focused stance.
Courtney has practiced for 10 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Arizona. She supports people working through grief, career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD challenges, and issues related to substance use. She also addresses more specific concerns like abandonment, blended family stress, body image, and caregiving strain.
People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation, collaborative goal setting, and tools to use between sessions. She frames therapy as a practical partnership aimed at clearer thinking, steadier emotion, and better day-to-day functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape how people connect today. It helps identify patterns in close relationships and find different ways to feel safer in connections. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete strategies to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change unhelpful behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and needs. That collaboration lets the plan change over time if something isn’t helping.
Confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins during a workday, or remove the need to travel. A collaborative plan will focus on practical skills and steady progress, adapted to how someone prefers to meet and what they need to address.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Courtney help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and many life changes. Adoption and foster care concerns are listed among her additional focus areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and supportive with a focus on practical tools. Sessions emphasize open conversation and reducing judgment.
What is her professional background?
She has 10 years of professional experience and practices as a Licensed Professional Counselor. Her work has covered issues like grief, caregiving stress, and substance use.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed in Arizona as an LPC and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.