About Kourtney
Kourtney Buchanan is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) who focuses on practical, person-centered support for stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She uses clear steps and steady guidance to help people build skills and move toward goals. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused.
Kourtney speaks in plain terms and helps people plan realistic next steps. She draws on client-centered principles to keep the work focused on each person's needs and strengths.
Background and approach
That means the conversation follows what matters most to the client while the counselor asks questions that uncover values, patterns, and options. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors in day-to-day life. Mindfulness techniques are introduced to help manage intense feelings and improve focus.
Motivational Interviewing supports people who feel stuck, especially around substance use or habit change. Solution-Focused Therapy helps set clear, short-term targets and track small wins. Kourtney has seven years of clinical experience and holds a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Troy University and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Albany State University.
She practices in Georgia and works with adults on concerns such as addiction, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, caregiver stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. In sessions she prioritizes simple tools you can use right away, like thought records, grounding skills, short behavior experiments, and small goal setting.
The tone is direct and encouraging, aimed at helping people gain momentum toward better daily functioning.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy is about following the client's priorities and building on strengths; online sessions keep the focus on what matters most and allow the counselor to tailor questions and reflections to each person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills for noticing thoughts and testing new behaviors, which work well over video or text because homework and thought records can be reviewed together. Mindfulness Therapy offers short exercises for grounding and attention that can be practiced during a call or as brief daily activities between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with solution-focused steps to gain quick momentum, then adding CBT or mindfulness tools as needed. The plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, and quick skill reminders between scheduled meetings, making care more flexible and accessible.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English