About Courtney
Courtney Surigao is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She draws on 18 years of experience to help people move from feeling stuck toward clearer goals and steadier days. Her work focuses on practical steps people can use right away to reduce stress and manage anxiety.
Courtney uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She often applies client-centered listening so people feel heard and understood.
Background and approach
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and solution-focused methods to set short-term, practical goals. Narrative therapy helps people reshape the stories they tell about themselves. Sessions may include brief practices to try between meetings, like worksheets or small assignments to build new habits.
Courtney aims to identify strengths and values and then set realistic plans you can actually follow. She explains the work plainly and focuses on small, achievable changes. Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, sleep and eating problems, anger, and career issues.
She also addresses topics like adoption and foster care, blended family challenges, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and end-of-life counseling. Courtney emphasizes that change often takes effort and honest work, and she partners with clients to set clear goals. She welcomes people who are ready to try new strategies and make steady progress toward a more manageable life.
How therapy approaches fit with online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust so a person feels understood; online sessions use that same approach by letting the therapist respond to concerns and reflect what matters most to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and teaches practical skills to change reactions and behaviors, which works well in virtual sessions by using worksheets, thought records, and in-the-moment coaching.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust as needed. Together you will choose tools and homework that make sense for your life and the changes you want to make.
Online therapy offers flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let you work face-to-face when you want that interaction. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, short reflections, or maintaining momentum between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy days while using the approaches described above to address anxiety, stress, grief, and relationship concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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