Courtney Surigao, LCMHC

Courtney Surigao is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She brings 18 years of experience helping people navigate stress, grief, relationship strain, and major life changes. Her style is straightforward and warm, focused on helping people move from feeling stuck to finding practical steps forward.

She uses a mix of approaches in sessions, tailoring methods to each person's needs. That can mean working on thinking patterns with cognitive behavioral techniques, focusing on emotions in relationships, or using narrative work to reframe painful stories. Sessions often include short exercises or simple homework to practice new skills between visits.

Courtney’s background includes long-term work with people facing trauma, mood disorders, parenting stress, and complex family situations. She also supports people dealing with body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and feelings of isolation. Jealousy, intimacy concerns, and communication problems are among the topics she helps people untangle.

Her sessions aim to identify strengths, clarify values, and set achievable goals. She invites people to be active partners in the work and expects change to require effort and practice. Progress is tracked through small, measurable steps and real-life application of tools introduced in session.

People who choose Courtney can expect a calm, values-aware clinician who leans on practical strategies. She accepts international clients and works in English. To begin, clients follow the directory's intake steps to match and schedule with her.

How her approaches guide online therapy

Many of Courtney's sessions draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy techniques that help people identify and name emotions tied to relationships and connection. This approach helps with intimacy concerns, communication problems, and strong emotional reactions like jealousy.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Courtney works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and daily life. She often blends approaches and adapts tools as progress is made, so clients can try strategies and give feedback about what helps.

Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the matching team to confirm which session formats are offered and to plan how therapy will fit into your routine.