Catherine Courtney, LPC

Catherine Courtney is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Michigan with more than 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety, navigate relationship and family concerns, rebuild self-esteem and confidence, and address career and life transitions. Her work also includes support for grief, depression, compassion fatigue, and a wide range of family and interpersonal challenges.

Catherine creates an open, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore thoughts and emotions and work toward practical solutions and personal growth. She welcomes clients of any or no religion and notes that she brings a Christian background to her work for those who prefer that perspective. Catherine emphasizes encouragement and empowerment, recognizing that seeking change takes courage and that the therapeutic process is a collaborative effort.

Throughout her career she has supported people coping with abandonment, codependency, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, isolation and loneliness, and other life stresses. Catherine aims to meet clients where they are, offering steady, compassionate guidance as they pursue a more fulfilling and balanced life.

Evidence-Based Techniques and Flexible Online Care

Licensed professionals often use evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thinking patterns and building practical coping skills. Cognitive-focused strategies help clients recognize and reframe thoughts that contribute to stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression, and are useful for people struggling with motivation, worry, or confidence. Skills-based coping techniques teach concrete tools such as stress management, communication practices, and problem-solving methods that support recovery from life transitions, caregiver strain, or relationship challenges.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Catherine collaborates with each client to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She works alongside clients to adapt techniques and pace so progress feels manageable and meaningful.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility, allowing sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit into busy schedules and different life situations. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during work changes, caregiving responsibilities, or while navigating grief and family concerns, and they support access to regular support from licensed professionals regardless of location within Michigan.