Courtney Strong-Gurr is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and trauma.
01About Courtney
Courtney Strong-Gurr is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, and trauma. She supports clients facing depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, and identity-related challenges. Her work also covers eating and sleeping issues, parenting strain, career questions, and attention-related struggles.
She aims to make sessions feel calm and nonjudgmental. Conversations focus on what matters most right now. She encourages honest talk about feelings, choices, and practical steps forward.
Background and approach
Small, realistic changes are often the starting point. Her approach draws on attachment-focused thinking and client-centered care. That means attention to how early relationships shape feelings now, alongside listening closely to each person's goals.
Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. Dialectical skills are introduced when emotions feel intense and regulation is needed. Existential themes may come up for people wrestling with meaning, responsibility, or big life transitions.
Therapy is framed as a collaboration, not a lecture. Courtney works with people navigating complex situations like adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, gender dysphoria, substance concerns, and caregiver stress. She also addresses shame, body image, and commitment worries.
The aim is to help clients build practical coping tools and clearer choices. Sessions are offered remotely by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. That lets people find ways to connect that fit their day and comfort level.
Starting is as simple as answering a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
02Credentials
- LPC (Arizona)
- License LPC-20453 · expires October 2027
- NPI
- 1861934200 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Courtney lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Courtney names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
These are the methods Courtney names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How her approaches translate to online work
Courtney commonly draws on attachment-focused ideas, client-centered listening, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people rebuild more supported ways of relating. Client-centered therapy centers the person's goals and follows their lead while offering steady, empathic feedback. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps spot unhelpful thoughts and test different responses to reduce distress and change behavior.Choosing the right approach is treated as a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and comfort level and then try strategies together. Adjustments are made over time based on what works and what feels manageable.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read nonverbal cues and hold deeper conversations. Phone sessions may be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging provide brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, and a way to fit therapy into busy days. These options make it simpler to access consistent support without traveling to an office.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does this counselor support?
She assists with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, and a wide range of related concerns such as eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and caregiver stress.
What is the therapy style like?
Courtney offers a warm, nonjudgmental style that emphasizes listening and collaboration. Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation about feelings and choices.
What experience does she bring?
She has ten years of professional work experience supporting people through trauma, addiction recovery, identity questions, and life transitions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in Arizona as an LPC, and provides services while located in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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