About Courtney
Courtney White is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in New York with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety and stress and helps people who are also facing depression, relationship strain, or the effects of trauma and abuse. Her tone is straightforward and supportive for people taking a first step toward help.
Courtney has worked in different settings and regions, including an earlier period living outside New York.
Background and approach
That variety shaped her comfort with people who have multiple concerns at once, such as co-morbid physical or intellectual differences alongside mood or substance issues. She writes from experience, including her own recovery from depression. In sessions she prioritizes respect and sensitivity.
She tailors conversations and plans to fit each person’s situation and pace. She aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths. Practical problems are addressed alongside feelings.
That can mean talking through relationship patterns, building confidence, or creating steps to manage anxiety and stress. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, codependency, body image, and addiction concerns. Courtney offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
Her approach is collaborative and goal-oriented, helping people find manageable changes that fit their daily life.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many of the techniques Courtney uses come from evidence-based therapeutic methods that focus on changing patterns of thinking and behavior. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different responses; it is useful for anxiety, stress, and low mood. Another approach emphasizes building skills for coping, emotional regulation, and healthier relationship interactions; it can help with trauma responses, codependency, and managing intense emotions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Courtney works with each person to decide which methods match their goals, preferences, and daily life. She adjusts strategies over time and focuses on what actually helps in real situations.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a visual connection is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief reflections, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum on progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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