About Courtney
Courtney O'Connor is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Arizona. She has six years of professional experience helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or relationship strain. She focuses on building respect and sensitivity into every conversation to help people feel understood and heard.
Courtney often works with concerns related to trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and general mood disorders. She also supports people coping with attachment or abandonment worries, codependency, body image distress, and issues with jealousy or impulsivity.
How Courtney works
She can help when family of origin problems or communication breakdowns make daily life harder. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs. Courtney uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and shapes the conversation to match what matters most to the client.
She aims to set clear goals and to work toward practical changes over time. Courtney values straightforward, compassionate dialogue. She tries to make sessions a place to sort through painful events, improve relationships, and build steadier self-worth.
People who struggle with isolation or repeated patterns often find focused, step-by-step work helpful. To begin, she asks clients to share their current concerns and priorities so treatment can be customized. Her approach combines attentive listening with practical strategies to help people move from feeling stuck toward more stable and manageable days.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches for online support
Two common evidence-based approaches used in this practice involve structured, goal-oriented work and trauma-informed care. Structured work focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replacing them with clearer, more helpful ways of thinking and behaving; it is useful for anxiety, mood disorders, and stress. Trauma-informed care centers on safety, pacing, and understanding how past hurt affects current relationships and reactions, which can help people recovering from abuse or other traumatic events.Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their concerns, goals, and preferences and try different techniques to see what helps most. Sessions are adjusted over time so the plan stays aligned with progress and changing needs.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller connection is helpful. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick check-ins, shorter reflections between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent progress.
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