About Courtney
Courtney Gum is a licensed clinician in Maryland who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges with concentration and focus such as ADHD. She approaches sessions with calm attention and a straightforward style so clients can speak openly and be heard. Everyone’s situation is treated with patience and respect during the first conversations.
She uses clear, practical methods to work through everyday problems. Sessions often focus on small steps clients can try between meetings, like changing routines, testing new ways of communicating, or practicing short skills for managing strong emotions.
Background and approach
Courtney uses Client-Centered Therapy to follow what the client brings and to build trust in the relationship. Courtney also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Emotionally-Focused Therapy informs her work when relationship patterns and emotional bonding are the main concern.
Mindfulness techniques and Motivational Interviewing are used to support focus, reduce reactivity, and strengthen motivation for change. She has eight years of clinical experience and holds an MD and LCSW-C. Her background includes supporting people coping with major life changes such as career shifts, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and bereavement.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online via several formats. Therapy follows a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Courtney uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what the client says, and shaping the work around the client’s priorities, which can help when sorting through stress or grief.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors. CBT offers concrete tools for dealing with anxiety, low mood, and concentration problems by breaking issues into manageable steps and testing small changes.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Courtney will work with each client to choose which methods fit best for their goals and preferences. That choice can shift over time as needs and circumstances change, and decisions are made together during ongoing check-ins.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible. Video sessions let people use visual cues and body language, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and text messaging supports quick reflections or reminders between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity during changes in routine.
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What this therapist works with
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- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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