Dr. Nanesha Courtney
Experienced therapist focused on practical family support
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- Washington
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Nanesha
Dr. Nanesha Courtney is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience. She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, and life changes.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, aimed at finding what actually helps each person in their daily life. Dr. Courtney blends client-centered care with evidence-based tools.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to address thinking patterns and build day-to-day coping skills.
Background and approach
She is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for trauma work. People turn to her for a wide range of problems including relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, anger, and compassion fatigue. She has additional experience supporting those dealing with chronic illness, caregiver stress, cancer, and end-of-life issues.
Her background includes work with mood conditions such as bipolar disorder and complex stress responses. Licensed in Washington, Dr. Courtney has helped adults across many life stages.
She approaches each person as an individual and focuses on practical steps to improve functioning and well-being. Sessions center on clear goals and testable strategies rather than vague promises. Her practice offers multiple online formats including video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to fit their needs and the therapist’s hours.
How her methods translate to online therapy
Dr. Courtney often uses cognitive behavioral therapy and EMDR in online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small, practical behavior changes to see what improves mood or functioning. EMDR is a trauma-focused method that uses guided processing techniques to reduce the hold of painful memories and reactions.She also relies on client-centered principles, which means sessions are driven by each person’s goals and choices. Finding the right approach is a joint process - the therapist and client review what’s working and adjust methods together until a clear plan emerges.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue work across life changes or health concerns. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be more flexible, and texting or chat helps with short check-ins and skill practice between sessions.
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.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Nanesha
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- Stop at any point