About Courtney

Registered Art Therapist #16-109

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor #11098

Therapy is a place to slow down and become curious about our lives.

Together, we explore the stories we carry about ourselves, the patterns that shape our relationships, and the experiences that help us better understand ourselves and one another. Through conversation, reflection, and creativity, we begin to notice what has been difficult to name and discover what feels most meaningful.

My role is not to provide quick interpretations or tell someone what their experience means. Instead, I work alongside children, adolescents, and young adults as understanding develops through shared reflection over time. I strive to create a therapeutic relationship where curiosity feels possible and each person's pace, communication style, interests, and way of experiencing the world are honored. Therapy is a collaborative process that unfolds through relationship rather than predetermined answers.

My approach has been shaped by experience in educational settings and community-based mental health, where I partnered with young people, families, educators, and interdisciplinary teams. Those experiences deepened my belief that people come to know themselves through relationships with others. I aim to create a space where different ways of thinking, communicating, relating, and moving through the world are met with respect and genuine curiosity.

As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Registered Art Therapist, I incorporate creative expression as another way of exploring experience. A movement, song, poem, drawing, piece of clay, or visual metaphor becomes part of the therapeutic conversation, offering new perspectives when words alone are not enough. Creative expression is not about making something beautiful or being "good" at art. It is about experimentation, curiosity, and giving form to experiences that may not yet have words.

I believe therapy invites us to develop a more compassionate and curious relationship with ourselves. Through relationship, reflection, and creativity, we create space for deeper self-understanding, greater flexibility, and more connected ways of living.