Dr. Nanesha Courtney, LMHC

Dr. Nanesha Courtney is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 25 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and pain. She approaches each person as an individual and focuses on practical steps clients can use in daily life. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth, aiming to build coping skills that fit each person’s situation.

She brings long experience supporting people with chronic pain, medical conditions, bipolar disorder, and grief. Intimacy-related concerns, relationship struggles, parenting stress, and workplace or school strain are also frequent topics she addresses. Cancer caregiving, end-of-life concerns, and the stress of caregiving appear among her additional focus areas.

Dr. Courtney uses client-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness practices to help people notice patterns and try new ways of responding. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as one of her trauma-focused tools. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies are part of her toolkit when clients want concrete steps and short-term goals.

She works with adults and older teens and has experience with ages roughly 16 to 85. Dr. Courtney is licensed in Washington and lives in Kentucky. Sessions include message response windows during posted office hours and a mix of live contact methods depending on the day.

People who choose to work with her can expect a team approach: identifying needs, testing coping strategies, and adjusting plans based on what actually helps. She frames therapy as a practical process of learning to feel and function better over time.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s own goals and strengths. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears, and helps clients choose small, meaningful steps they want to try. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical ways to shift unhelpful patterns and build new habits. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method used to reduce distress tied to painful memories by processing those memories in a structured way.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dr. Courtney will talk with each person about their needs and goals, then suggest techniques to try. Decisions about which methods to use are collaborative and can change as progress is made.

The biography notes that she offers live video, phone, and chat sessions, though hours vary by day, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow brief check-ins by chat or phone when needed, or let someone choose a video meeting when more interaction is helpful. Licensed professionals can use these different ways of meeting to match a person's schedule and energy without promising specific outcomes.