About Courtney
Courtney White is a licensed marriage and family therapist who brings ten years of clinical experience to her independent practice in New York. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Courtney speaks plainly and offers steady support for people facing hard moments.
She has worked in a variety of settings and with many kinds of challenges, including co-occurring conditions like cognitive or intellectual disability and substance use concerns.
How Courtney works
That background means she often helps people who feel overwhelmed by several problems at once. Her experience includes supporting people with abandonment issues, body image and self-worth concerns, control struggles, dissociation, and feeling empty. Courtney draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build straightforward plans with clients.
She tailors conversations and goals to each person rather than using one-size-fits-all approaches. Sessions focus on immediate coping skills as well as longer-term changes to improve mood and relationships. She knows recovery can be nonlinear because she has personal experience with depression and the work of getting better.
That lived perspective shapes a compassionate, nonjudgmental stance in sessions. People who choose her often appreciate direct feedback and practical tools alongside emotional support. To begin a working relationship, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability.
Courtney offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ways to connect.
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
- 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
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online access
Courtney uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and real-world changes. One common approach she uses emphasizes building coping skills and emotional regulation to reduce anxiety and manage stress; this helps people learn tools they can use between sessions. Another approach centers on processing trauma and difficult memories in a paced way, helping reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She partners with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan over time based on what is helping. That collaborative process makes treatment more practical and relevant for everyday life.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow flexible ways to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits the day. Live chat and text messaging offer brief, on-the-go support or a way to extend work between sessions. These options make it easier to keep momentum and progress while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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