Marika Courtney, LPCC

Marika Courtney is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) in Ohio with ten years of experience supporting people through stressful and painful life moments. She focuses on practical steps clients can use right away. Sessions are held in English and offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.

She helps people manage stress and anxiety and cope with trauma and abuse. Marika also supports clients facing career transitions, parenting strain, and major life changes. Her work often addresses attachment and relationship patterns that make everyday life harder.

Marika uses straightforward approaches so people can notice change between sessions. She draws from cognitive behavioral techniques to untangle unhelpful thoughts and from acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify personal values and next steps. Attachment-based and client-centered methods guide how she listens and responds in the room.

In practice, Marika focuses on building coping skills, improving communication, and reducing overwhelm. She helps clients handle issues such as codependency, caregiver stress, addiction concerns, and the emotional fallout of separation or loss. She also supports those facing medical challenges like cancer and aging-related stressors.

Her sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. People leave with clear strategies to try between sessions and a plan for moving forward. To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule a time that works.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Marika uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this work is practical and often focuses on small experiments between sessions. She also draws on acceptance and commitment therapy to help clients clarify what matters to them and take manageable steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. Attachment-based work guides how she attends to relationship and bonding patterns that affect emotional life.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Marika collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She reviews what is helping and adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays aligned with the client's priorities.

Online formats give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients keep momentum between appointments and fit therapy into busy schedules. These options make it simpler to sustain regular work on stress, relationships, and life transitions with a licensed professional.