Courtney Brothers , LCSW

Courtney Brothers is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with ten years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges tied to LGBT issues and family life. Her approach is direct and respectful, aimed at making it easier to talk about hard things.

She creates a calm space where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment. Conversations focus on the person in front of her and what matters most to them. Courtney centers the client’s goals and builds on existing strengths to move forward.

Courtney uses practical tools from acceptance-based work and cognitive methods to help people respond differently to difficult thoughts. Mindfulness skills and motivational interviewing techniques are woven in to support clearer choices and steady progress. Sessions look at what’s working now and small steps that improve daily life.

She also supports people facing caregiver stress, divorce and separation, mood and post-traumatic concerns, pregnancy and childbirth challenges, and issues around self-love and women’s issues. Each plan is tailored to a person’s situation rather than following one fixed path.

Taking that first step can feel hard, and Courtney recognizes that courage. She aims to make starting therapy straightforward, with clear next steps and collaborative planning for goals and timing.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and moments of big life change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and short experiments. This approach often helps with depression, anxiety, and mood concerns.

Courtney approaches choice of method as a collaboration. She will talk with each person about what feels useful and adapt techniques to match goals and preferences. Finding the right mix of tools is part of the work together rather than a one-time decision.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different days and needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone calls need less bandwidth, chat can be useful for quick check-ins, and messaging works for short updates or when writing is easier. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people keep therapy consistent even with busy lives.