Therapist profile
Courtney Strong-Gurr, LPC
LPC in Arizona - family and parenting concerns
Continue with CourtneyAbout
- Attachment ideas
- CBT strategies
- DBT skills
About Courtney
Courtney Strong-Gurr is an Arizona Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 10 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and address trauma and abuse. She also supports clients dealing with relationship strain, parenting pressures, grief, and identity-related concerns such as LGBT and gender dysphoria issues.
She practices in a straightforward, client-centered way. Sessions focus on what is happening in daily life and on practical steps a person can try between meetings. Conversations are direct and grounded in what the person brings each week. Courtney uses approaches that emphasize relationships, present-moment choices, and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Her work often draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships affect current bonds. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify thought patterns that worsen anxiety or low mood. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills are offered when people need tools for managing intense emotions and improving communication.
Clients can expect a collaborative process. Goals are set together and adjusted as life changes. Sessions look at practical solutions for parenting strain, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and conflicts about commitment or communication.
Courtney also addresses concerns such as eating and sleeping problems, substance misuse, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue among caregivers. She works in English and sees people based in Arizona. To begin, people choose the online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-based methods look at how past relationships shape current reactions. Online sessions use this lens to help people recognize patterns that affect parenting, intimacy, and close relationships. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing thought patterns and behaviors that fuel anxiety or low mood. It translates well to remote sessions through worksheets, behavioral experiments, and agreed homework.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review your goals and preferences and then recommend whether attachment ideas, CBT, or DBT-informed skills will be most useful. That recommendation is revisited as needs change so the plan stays practical and relevant.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around caregiving and work. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or focused skill practice without travel. Discuss scheduling and session length when you complete the matching questionnaire so sessions fit into everyday routines.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and parenting issues are supported?
She helps people navigate parenting strain, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems related to family life.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is straightforward and client-centered, focusing on practical steps and skills to use between sessions.
How much experience does she have with trauma and addictions?
She has 10 years of professional experience working with trauma and substance use concerns alongside anxiety and mood issues.
Is she a licensed counselor in my state?
She is an LPC licensed in Arizona.
Can I work with her if I do not live in the United States?
Sessions are not offered to international clients; she works with people based in Arizona.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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