About Courtney
Courtney Willis is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the ups and downs of major life changes. Courtney speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel manageable for anyone unsure about starting therapy.
She uses approaches rooted in cognitive behavioral techniques and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help people notice patterns and build new coping habits.
Background and approach
Sessions center on clear goals, problem-solving, and learning tools that can be used between appointments. The work is collaborative and paced to match each person’s needs. Courtney often helps people dealing with relationship strain, family conflict, grief, or the effects of trauma and abuse.
She also supports those facing career stress, compassion fatigue, mood swings linked to bipolar disorder, and low self-esteem. Conversations focus on real-life changes and steps that feel achievable. Her style is direct but empathetic, with attention to respect and sensitivity.
She adapts language and plans to fit each person rather than applying a one-size-fits-all method. That flexibility helps when life circumstances shift or new priorities emerge. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions.
Therapy sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing people to pick the format that best fits their routines and needs.
How CBT and DBT translate to online therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behavior patterns. Online sessions use conversation and short exercises to spot thinking traps and practice alternative responses that reduce anxiety and low mood.Dialectical Behavior Therapy emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills. In remote sessions users can learn concrete DBT skills, try them between meetings, and bring real examples back to session for coaching and refinement.
Deciding which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose strategies based on their goals, daily demands, and what feels most useful. Plans are adjusted over time as needs and circumstances change.
Online formats offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins when time is tight, live chat supports focused written conversations, and text messaging helps with brief updates or on-the-spot coaching. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family life, or busy schedules while still practicing CBT and DBT skills regularly.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English