About Courtney
Courtney Nelson is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and changes in life. She focuses on building confidence and motivation while treating people with respect and compassion. Her approach is practical and straightforward so parents can quickly see how sessions might help their family situation.
Courtney tailors conversations and plans to each person's needs. She listens first to understand what feels overwhelming and then suggests steps that fit daily life.
How Courtney works
Sessions aim to improve coping skills, reduce shame or guilt, and rebuild a sense of direction after loss or major change. Her background includes long-term work with people facing chronic illness, caregiver strain, and end-of-life concerns. She also helps those dealing with abandonment wounds, financial stress, and mood problems.
This variety gives her practical experience with problems that often come together in real life. Courtney uses familiar, evidence-based methods such as Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with Narrative and Solution-Focused techniques. She adapts these tools to each person’s goals so therapy feels useful from the first few sessions.
She practices in Rhode Island as an RI LICSW. Sessions are offered in English and can be scheduled in formats that fit a busy routine. Getting started begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
Courtney lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Courtney works with
The areas below are the ones Courtney selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 22 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Rhode Island |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Courtney uses Client-Centered Therapy to create an accepting space where people can talk without judgment. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people find their own solutions, which can be especially helpful for stress, grief, and low self-esteem.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT helps break unhelpful thinking patterns and teaches practical coping skills for anxiety, mood concerns, and motivation issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Courtney will discuss goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those needs. She adjusts techniques over time so therapy stays useful and relevant to day-to-day life.
Online sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a brief check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress steady.
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