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Courtney Towne

Experienced LCSW using practical, collaborative therapy

LCSW Oregon

Experience
7 years in practice
Focus areas
Parenting, Self esteem, Stress, Anxiety
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing
Languages
English
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About Courtney

Courtney Towne is an LCSW practicing with a cognitive behavioral orientation that emphasizes practical skills and goal-focused strategies to address stress, anxiety, and related concerns.

Background and approach

With seven years of direct clinical experience, she blends CBT with motivational interviewing techniques to help clients identify unhelpful patterns, build coping tools, and strengthen motivation for change. Her style is strengths-based and approachable, welcoming vulnerability and the occasional use of humor to ease hard conversations and support growth.

Licensed in Oregon as OR LCSW L3805, she brings broader experience overseeing counseling programs and supervising clinicians, which informs her collaborative and grounded way of working with clients. Areas of focus include parenting, self-esteem, relationship and family dynamics, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, career and workplace issues, depression, and navigating life changes.

Courtney also attends to multicultural concerns, prejudice and discrimination, women's issues, blended family challenges, and communication and commitment difficulties. She invites prospective clients to explore whether her practical, empathetic approach fits their goals and needs.

Practical Therapeutic Tools Delivered Online

Courtney draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; CBT focuses on concrete skills such as problem solving, behavior experiments, and thought reframing that can reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to support ambivalence and strengthen personal motivation for change by exploring values and goals in an empathic, nonjudgmental way.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Courtney partners with each client to determine which strategies fit their situation and preferences, adjusting techniques over time so therapy aligns with the client’s goals, pace, and readiness for change.

Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels with technology. These remote formats make it easier to access regular support from a licensed professional while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and allow clients to practice tools in their everyday environments.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Courtney works with a broad range of issues including parenting challenges, self-esteem, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship and family concerns, career and workplace issues, depression, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach and style?
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside Motivational Interviewing, applying a strengths-based and approachable manner that values vulnerability and may include gentle humor to support growth.
What is her background and experience level?
She has seven years of direct clinical work and additional years supervising clinicians and overseeing counseling programs, bringing both hands-on and leadership experience to her practice.
Where is she licensed and what credentials does she hold?
She is licensed in Oregon as an LCSW with license number OR LCSW L3805 and practices from that licensure location.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are conducted in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered for online therapy?
Clients can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Parenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCommitment issuesCommunication problemsGuilt and shameLife purposeMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational Interviewing

Experience

7+ years

Licensed

Oregon

Languages

English