Courtney Surigao, LCMHC

Courtney Surigao is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) who focuses on helping people navigate trauma, grief, relationship strain, and life changes. She brings 18 years of experience and aims to help people move from feeling stuck to finding hope and direction.

Courtney uses practical methods so clients can see small changes quickly. Sessions often include goal setting, homework tasks, and tools to use between appointments. She emphasizes listening, acceptance, and recognizing each person's strengths as part of the work.

Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with solution-focused ideas and narrative work. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns, identify steps that move them forward, and reframe the stories they tell about themselves. Sessions can address anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, grief, and intimacy-related concerns.

Courtney also pays attention to family background, adoption and foster care issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns. She aims to tailor tools to each person's values, faith, and daily life so therapy feels relevant and doable.

If someone is ready to try counseling, Courtney works with them to set clear, achievable goals and practical plans. The work can be challenging, but she emphasizes steady progress and real-life practice to help people move toward a more stable, meaningful life.

How Courtney’s Approaches Work Online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective so they feel heard and respected; this helps build trust and clarifies what a person wants to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and address sleep or eating concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment patterns to improve connection and address intimacy-related issues.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan over time. Sessions can mix techniques so the work matches personal values and daily life demands.

The original biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills from their everyday routines and apply homework tasks directly to real life.