About Courtney
Courtney Ramsey is a Washington-based licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on making therapy straightforward and practical for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship strain. Courtney centers her work on the person in front of her.
She uses clear conversation to identify what feels most urgent and what small steps might help. Sessions are tailored to each person's needs rather than following a rigid script.
How Courtney works
Her practice draws on several approaches, including client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, EMDR for trauma processing, and mindfulness strategies. Those tools are used to address a wide range of concerns such as ADHD, grief, addiction, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping struggles, and compassion fatigue.
Courtney also works with issues that can come with complex life histories, like dissociation, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress, and sexual assault and abuse. She pays attention to communication problems, isolation or loneliness, and the particular pressures that affect women and young adults. Her style is respectful and sensitive.
She partners with people to set realistic goals and to build skills for daily life. The emphasis is on practical progress and on helping people feel more capable handling change and setbacks.
Courtney lists 8 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Courtney blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and making space for each person's experience so they feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thought and behavior to build new problem-solving skills and reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and grounding strategies so emotions feel more manageable in day-to-day life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Courtney will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. She uses that discussion to recommend which approaches to try and adjusts the plan as progress is made, so the process stays collaborative and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers several flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or comfort makes that easier, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules, allow for shorter or more frequent touchpoints when needed, and give choices about how to communicate during different stages of care.
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