Courtney Groce , LPC

Courtney Groce is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, depression, and challenges tied to identity and relationships. Her practice places attention on womens issues while addressing a wide range of life changes. Courtney aims to create a calm space where people can begin to make sense of what they are feeling.

Courtney uses straightforward techniques to build self-esteem and improve communication. She draws on cognitive and mindfulness-based tools to help clients manage difficult thoughts and strong emotions. Sessions often include practical skills people can try between meetings to handle everyday stressors.

Her approach also attends to relational patterns and attachment concerns. That can mean looking at family of origin issues, codependency, or problems that come up in close relationships. She works with matters such as abandonment, blended family stress, adoption and foster care questions, and parenting strain.

Courtney supports people dealing with mood disorders, bipolar symptoms, grief, trauma, and substance use concerns. She also addresses career pressure, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related challenges. Her style is patient and direct, focused on helping people take workable steps toward change.

Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances practical tools with personal meaning. Courtney meets people where they are and helps them clarify goals, try new coping strategies, and track progress over time.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Courtney often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify values and take meaningful action even when strong feelings are present. ACT is useful for anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes because it focuses on living in line with what matters.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method that looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT helps with symptoms of depression, anxiety, and some patterns tied to addiction by teaching practical strategies to shift thinking and build new habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Courtney will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She helps set clear, achievable steps and adjusts strategies based on what helps most in real life.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions may fit when bandwidth or camera use is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in, and text messaging works well for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities while keeping treatment consistent.