Courtney Strong-Gurr, LPC

Courtney Strong-Gurr is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona with ten years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and a wide range of relationship and identity concerns. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at helping people take practical steps toward feeling better.

Courtney creates a calm setting where people can talk about difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment. Sessions focus on clear goals and simple tools that can be used between appointments. She uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot patterns and try new ways of coping.

Her work also draws on attachment-based and client-centered approaches to strengthen emotional understanding and personal agency. This means she pays attention to how past relationships shape current reactions, and centers each person’s own experience in the session. Dialectical behavior therapy and existential ideas inform how she helps people tolerate difficult feelings and find meaning in change.

Courtney has supported people facing grief, parenting stress, intimacy issues, body image concerns, ADHD challenges, and career transitions. She also addresses topics such as addiction, domestic violence, gender dysphoria, and HIV/AIDS when relevant to a person’s goals. Her aim is to help people move from feeling stuck to making workable changes.

People who meet with Courtney can expect straightforward feedback, practical strategies, and a collaborative pace. She encourages small experiments in daily life and reviews what helps. Progress is measured by what improves a person’s day-to-day functioning and sense of wellbeing.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and problematic habits. It emphasizes simple exercises you can try between sessions to change how you feel and act. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape emotional patterns and aims to build more stable ways of relating and responding to stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjust the plan over time based on what helps. Therapy is a shared process of testing ideas and noticing what changes in daily life.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people read facial cues and engage in deeper conversation, while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, coaching moments, or for people who prefer writing instead of speaking. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different lifestyles while keeping the focus on practical progress.