Courtney Holbrook
Supportive LCSW blending practical skills and empathy
LCSW Illinois
- Experience
- 10 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Courtney
Courtney Holbrook is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker with a decade of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and depression. She works with concerns ranging from self-esteem and motivation to relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Additional areas of focus include body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family dynamics, and communication or control challenges. Her style centers on a client-centered, holistic stance that honors each person's expertise about their life while integrating evidence-informed tools.
Courtney draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside dialectical and emotionally-focused methods, and she incorporates mindfulness and motivational techniques when helpful. She emphasizes collaboration, listening attentively to each client’s story, and tailoring interventions rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.
Clients can expect a respectful, supportive therapeutic relationship in which goals and strategies evolve from shared decision making. Courtney practices as an LCSW in Illinois and brings practical, skills-based approaches paired with empathic understanding to promote sustainable change and improved coping.
Ways CBT and Relational Approaches Work Online
Courtney often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and build concrete skills for managing anxiety, depression, or addiction-related urges. She pairs CBT techniques with Client-Centered methods that prioritize listening, empathy, and the client’s own priorities, creating space for people to set goals that matter to them.Dialectical Behavior Therapy principles may also be introduced when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, or interpersonal effectiveness skills are needed. These approaches offer practical tools to manage intense feelings and improve communication in everyday life. The therapist and client work together to choose or adapt techniques based on presenting needs, goals, and personal preferences so treatment reflects a collaborative process rather than a preset plan.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which allow sessions to fit into busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between sessions, and access support from licensed professionals while living in Illinois or managing complex commitments.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English