Courtney Jones, LCMHC

Courtney Jones is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical, skill-based work to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and build self-esteem. Her approach aims to help people feel more in control of daily life and more confident in difficult moments.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy to support values-based choices and to listen without judgment. Sessions are conversational and focused on what matters most to the client.

Courtney often helps people coping with life changes, grief, parenting challenges, postpartum concerns, and mood disorders. She also addresses addiction, impulsivity, and issues around body image and self-love. Her work includes support for LGBT concerns and caregiver stress.

Practical tools are a key part of sessions. Clients can expect simple exercises for managing anxiety, improving sleep, or handling difficult conversations. She combines mindfulness practices with goal-focused strategies to create small, manageable steps forward.

Courtney treats each person as the expert on their own life and works alongside them. She aims to empower people to try realistic changes and notice what works. Her style is warm, direct, and oriented toward problem solving.

Working with CBT, ACT and client-centered care online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify patterns of thinking that increase anxiety or low mood and then test small behavioral changes to see what helps. It is useful for worries, low mood, social anxiety, and many day-to-day problems.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and taking meaningful action even when uncomfortable thoughts or feelings are present. This approach can help with motivation, life changes, and difficult emotions that keep people stuck.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an accepting, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist listens and follows the client's lead. That approach supports people who want a respectful space to clarify goals and build confidence.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the beginning of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose approaches that match the person's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions are adjusted over time based on what is helpful.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can be convenient for brief check-ins or flexible support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work between sessions.