About Cory
Cory Schortzman helps people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship strains, intimacy concerns, and anger. He brings 26 years of professional experience and holds licenses as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner (LIMHP). Cory writes simply and directly to make starting feel more doable.
He uses plain language in sessions and treats clients as the experts on their own lives. Conversations focus on identifying what matters to the client and finding practical ways to reduce overwhelm.
Background and approach
Cory aims to make small changes feel possible rather than overwhelming someone with theory. Cory blends approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused methods, existential reflection, and mindfulness. He draws from these tools to address issues like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and intimacy challenges.
The approach is tailored to each person’s goals rather than a one-size-fits-all model. Areas often explored include infidelity, process addictions such as porn or gambling, obsessions and compulsions, guilt and shame, and midlife questions. Cory also addresses anger, impulsivity, loneliness, and men’s issues with direct, experience-based strategies.
Sessions aim to clarify patterns and build better daily routines. Cory works with clients in Colorado and accepts international clients as well. Sessions are offered in English and available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Getting started involves a short questionnaire and scheduling an initial session to see if the fit feels right.
How Cory’s Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. The therapist offers empathy and reflection to help people clarify what matters and decide on next steps. This style is useful for exploring relationship and intimacy concerns where personal meaning matters.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses practical exercises and experiments to reduce anxiety, manage compulsive habits, and change patterns that keep problems going. Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention skills to help with stress, impulsivity, and emotional overwhelm by training moment-to-moment awareness.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Cory will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and day-to-day life. This means adjusting techniques over time based on what helps most.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit brief check-ins, journaling-style reflection, or a quick skill practice between sessions. These options support flexible, ongoing work without needing to travel.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 26 years
- Licensed
- Colorado, Nebraska
- Languages
- English