Courtney Wilson, LISW

Courtney Wilson is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 14 years of experience. She helps people facing addiction, relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma, depression, anxiety, grief, and caregiver stress. Her approach is warm and straightforward, and she wants to hear each person’s story in their own words.

Courtney has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in social work and has spent much of her career addressing sexual abuse and its effects. She draws on practical methods to help people build coping skills and regain a sense of control after painful events. Sessions are guided by respect, compassion, and unconditional positive regard.

In therapy she uses techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behaviors. She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find reasons and motivation to change, especially around substance use. When trauma is central, she incorporates trauma-focused approaches to address symptoms and reactions tied to upsetting experiences.

Courtney works with concerns such as parenting stress, intimacy issues, self-esteem, body image, and complex family situations like adoption, fostering, separation, and domestic violence. She also supports those coping with career changes, grief, guilt, and feelings of emptiness.

She practices in Ohio and offers services in English. If you are a caregiver feeling worn down, she includes caregiver issues and compassion fatigue among the topics she helps people manage. To begin, follow the site’s Start Therapy steps to match and schedule a session.

How Courtney's Methods Translate to Online Care

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It can help with anxiety, depression, and patterns that contribute to relationship or parenting stress.

Motivational Interviewing is a conversational way to explore and strengthen a person’s own reasons for change. It is often used around substance use, recovery, or making difficult life changes.

Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses reactions tied to past abuse or violence and works to reduce the hold those memories have on daily life. It includes careful pacing and skills to manage strong emotions.

Finding the right fit is part of the process. Courtney will work collaboratively to choose approaches that match a person’s goals and needs, and she will adjust methods as therapy progresses.

Practical benefits of online work can include fitting sessions into a busy day and reducing travel time. Because specific session formats are not listed in the biography, confirm the available options before booking. Online care can make it easier to maintain regular check-ins and to use shorter or more frequent sessions when that helps progress.