- CBT methods
- Mindfulness practice
- Trauma focus
About Courtney
Courtney Szabo is an Ohio LISW with six years of clinical experience working with adults. She focuses on common struggles such as anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and recovery from trauma and abuse. She also addresses workplace stress, career concerns, and feelings of guilt and shame.
Courtney uses a client-centered stance that keeps the person’s priorities central. She blends techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused work to help people notice patterns and try practical changes. She explains things plainly and keeps communication direct and clear.
Sessions include talking through recent events, identifying unhelpful thoughts, and practicing small experiments to test new behaviors. When trauma is part of the story, she brings trauma-focused methods alongside other approaches so the work is paced to the person’s needs. This mix is used to build skills for managing emotions, thoughts, and daily challenges.
She often supports parents navigating pregnancy, childbirth, and the stresses of raising young adults. Family of origin issues, communication problems, and intimacy-related concerns are also common topics she addresses. People come to her for coaching-style help as well as traditional therapy work.
Courtney works with English-speaking adults in Ohio. She encourages people to be honest about what they want from therapy and to try approaches that fit their goals. To begin, she asks people to share their concerns so sessions can focus on practical steps forward.
How her methods fit into online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding what matters most to the person and shaping sessions around those priorities. It helps when someone needs a clear, respectful space to define goals and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, feelings, and actions and uses small practical exercises to change patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing guilt or shame. Mindfulness Therapy teaches noticing present-moment experience and reducing reactivity through simple practices. This can help with stress regulation and grounding after upsetting events.Figuring out which approach to use happens together. She will review concerns, goals, and what feels doable, then suggest approaches to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as the work progresses.
The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when days are tight. It also supports using therapeutic tools between appointments, such as homework exercises, mindfulness practices, and tracking thought patterns, so therapy tasks can be integrated into everyday life.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, guilt and shame, career and workplace problems, and related topics.
How does she approach guilt and shame?
Her work is client-centered and direct, combining cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical alternatives.
What is her clinical background?
She has six years of experience as a clinician and uses integrative approaches drawn from CBT, client-centered therapy, mindfulness, solution-focused methods, and trauma-focused work.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an LISW credential and practices in Ohio.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and services; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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