About Courtney
Courtney Groce is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Missouri who guides people through stressful and painful life moments. She draws on a decade of experience to help with anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and grief. Her approach centers on listening first and helping people find practical ways to cope and move forward.
She uses straightforward methods to build self-esteem and improve communication. Sessions often focus on clear skills people can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Courtney pays attention to how life transitions and relationship strains affect mood and behavior. Courtney blends several therapeutic approaches to match what a person needs. That might look like identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, clarifying personal values, or practicing present-moment awareness.
She also integrates relationship-focused techniques when communication and connection are part of the problem. Her work includes support around parenting stress, caregiver burnout, and challenges tied to adoption or blended family dynamics. She also addresses issues such as codependency, substance use concerns, and trauma-related symptoms in practical, goal-oriented sessions.
Courtney aims to create a respectful space where people can talk honestly about difficult topics. She encourages small, concrete steps that add up over time. Her goal is to help people regain a sense of control and clarity as they face change and recover from painful experiences.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small steps that match those values. It often involves noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, which can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It is very practical and can be used to manage anxiety, low mood, and some addiction-related patterns through short exercises and homework between sessions.
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes being heard and understood. That kind of support can make it easier to process grief, trauma, or identity-related concerns and to build confidence for facing tough choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress and needs change.
Online formats offer flexibility and different ways to stay connected. Video calls let people work in a conversational setting similar to in-person sessions. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to use video. Live chat and text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, brief coaching, and ongoing steps between longer appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English