Courtney Porter, LCSW

Courtney Porter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps that can bring small relief fast.

She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through thoughts and feelings. Sessions emphasize clear goals and skills that clients can use between appointments. Courtney aims for conversations that feel direct but warm, so people leave with a plan they can try.

Courtney uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and narrative techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and shift their responses. She also brings solution-focused ideas into sessions to build on strengths and quick wins.

Her license is LCSW and she holds credentials from Texas and Arkansas as well as Tennessee practice experience. That background informs a practical style that combines skill-building with reflective conversation.

People who start therapy with Courtney typically work on reducing anxious thoughts, improving mood, rebuilding confidence after loss, and handling stressful life transitions. She encourages small experiments between sessions to test what works and adjust the plan as needed.

How therapy approaches work online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood and then practice different ways of thinking and acting. It is useful for stress, worry, and depressive symptoms because it focuses on clear steps and homework to try between meetings.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment awareness. Those skills can help when strong emotions, grief, or stress make it hard to think clearly.

Finding the right approach is often a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped in the past. Together they try methods for a few sessions and adjust the plan based on what fits and what produces progress.

Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations, phone calls can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging suits brief check-ins or ongoing coaching. These options give flexibility for working on skills, trying behavioral experiments, and staying connected between sessions.