About Courtney
Courtney Ramsey is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington with 12 years of experience. She focuses on practical support for common and painful problems like stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She speaks plainly and aims to make starting therapy less overwhelming for newcomers.
Courtney uses a client-centered approach that keeps each session focused on the person in front of her. She combines that with techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people name unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior therapy skills are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities. For people dealing with trauma, she also integrates eye movement desensitization and reprocessing to address distressing memories. Mindfulness-based tools are offered to help with focus, sleep, and coping in the moment.
These methods are adapted to each person's needs rather than applied the same way to everyone. Courtney supports people facing a wide range of concerns, including ADHD, addictions, grief, intimacy struggles, parenting stress, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. She also works with issues such as social anxiety, domestic violence, dissociation, and sexual assault and abuse.
The aim is to build practical skills and clearer next steps between sessions. Sessions are designed to be respectful and paced to the client's comfort. The therapist and client set goals together and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Courtney focuses on helping people make realistic changes that fit their life and values.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Courtney often blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening, validating experience, and shaping sessions around the person's priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and relationship patterns. DBT teaches practical skills for managing intense feelings, tolerating distress, and communicating more effectively in stressful moments. These approaches are chosen together with the client so treatment fits specific goals and preferences.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to try methods, check what helps, and adjust plans over time. Clients have an active role in choosing priorities and practicing skills between sessions.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face to face when convenient. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support ongoing coaching-style contact and brief check-ins. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives while still working on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English