Courtney Strong-Gurr

Courtney Strong-Gurr is an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, addiction challenges, grief, trauma, relationship concerns, and identity-related issues. Her approach aims to make it easier to talk about hard things and to take practical steps forward.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be named. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on skills that can be used between meetings. Courtney draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, attachment-focused work, and client-centered listening to match what the person needs.

Her work includes support for people coping with caregiving strain, blended family stress, body image and eating concerns, and challenges related to gender and sexual identity. She also addresses substance use, anger, sleep and eating patterns, and life transitions that leave people feeling stuck.

Courtney emphasizes collaboration. She helps clients set concrete goals, try new ways of responding, and track small changes over time. She also offers coaching-style support when people want more direct tools for planning and decision making.

People who choose her often want straight talk, practical skill-building, and an accepting listener. Prospective clients in Arizona who read this profile should confirm current session options when they reach out to start the matching process.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different actions. It helps with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and patterns that get in the way of daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating. This work can help people understand patterns in closeness, trust, and communication.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying an approach, checking how it feels, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Confirm current session options before booking to learn how sessions are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, shorten commute time, and allow for brief check-ins when a full in-person visit would be harder to manage. It also gives more ways to practice skills between sessions and to review worksheets or tools together during meetings. Licensed professionals can help you decide whether online sessions fit your needs and daily routines.