Courtney Surigao, LCMHC - Therapist in North Carolina

About Courtney

Courtney Surigao is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) who centers her practice on client-focused approaches that help people navigate family and parenting concerns. She uses practical strategies to address stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and mood challenges. Her tone is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at parents and family members seeking clear next steps.

Courtney draws on 18 years of experience to guide clients through hard transitions and everyday pressures.

Background and approach

She often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Solution-Focused and Narrative techniques to help people change unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors. Sessions may include simple worksheets or short at-home practices to test what works. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including parenting, family problems, blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, and caregiver stress.

She also supports people facing grief, chronic illness, body image or eating and sleeping struggles. Practical communication skills and clearer family roles are common topics in her sessions. Courtney values listening closely and helping clients identify strengths and goals.

She helps people set small, achievable steps toward the changes they want. Progress often comes from trying concrete tools between sessions and reviewing what helped. She practices in North Carolina and offers services in English.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Courtney accepts international clients and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space. The therapist follows the client's lead to understand values and strengths and then supports goals that matter to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and replaces them with practical skills and experiments to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change behavior. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people understand and reshape emotional responses in close relationships to improve connection and reduce conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That may mean blending elements from different approaches and adjusting over time based on what is helping.

Online sessions make this flexible work easier to fit into family life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, while phone sessions can be simpler for busy days. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter touchpoints or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people try therapeutic tools consistently, even when schedules or distance are challenging.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?

She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, grief, stress, anxiety, trauma and mood issues such as depression and bipolar. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, blended family issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and communication problems.

What approach does she use in sessions?

The work is client-centered and practical. She commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused techniques, Emotionally-Focused ideas, and Narrative Therapy to help people test new ways of thinking and behaving.

How much experience does this therapist have?

She brings 18 years of clinical experience working with varied life challenges and family situations.

What are her credentials and where is she located?

She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor - LCMHC - licensed in North Carolina with credential NC LCMHC 4960, and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Grief

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 18 years
Licensed: North Carolina
Languages: English

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