Courtney Szabo, LISW

Courtney Szabo is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) who blends practical techniques with a warm, straightforward style. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the everyday challenges that come with relationships, parenting, and career changes. Courtney emphasizes clear communication and a plan-oriented approach that parents can follow between sessions.

She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered methods, mindfulness, solution-focused strategies, and trauma-focused work. Those tools are used to address trauma and abuse, grief, workplace strain, and intimacy-related concerns. Sessions center on identifying patterns, learning new skills, and trying small changes that add up.

Courtney prefers working with people where they feel most comfortable, so she offers remote options to fit busy schedules. Her manner is direct but caring, with a focus on practical steps and real-life solutions. She listens for what matters most to each person and adapts the work accordingly.

Over six years in practice, she has supported people through parenting strain, pregnancy and childbirth issues, family of origin concerns, and young adult transitions. She also helps with communication problems, guilt and shame, and post-traumatic stress reactions.

Courtney aims to equip people with tools to manage emotions, thoughts, and behavior. Progress often comes from small, consistent changes. She encourages active collaboration so goals feel clear and doable.

Therapeutic approaches for online sessions

Courtney commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centered work in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Client-centered work focuses on the person's own goals and experience, with the therapist following the individual's lead to create useful changes.

She also incorporates mindfulness practices to help manage stress and trauma-focused strategies when past events continue to cause distress. Mindfulness exercises teach simple breathing and attention skills that can reduce reactivity, while trauma-focused work addresses how past experiences affect present life and relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they will try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan over time to keep progress moving.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper sessions, phone sessions can be a low-bandwidth option for shorter check-ins, and live chat or text messaging support quick reflections or follow-up between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work routines while keeping the focus on consistent, actionable steps.