- Strengths-based
- Goal focused
- Ten years experience
About Courtney
Courtney Brooke Sergent-Fox is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, career uncertainty, and changes in life. She emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based approach and encourages clients to use their own knowledge and resilience as part of the process. She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and affirms that step.
With ten years of experience, Courtney draws on practical methods to help people manage symptoms and make choices that fit their lives. She combines tools that focus on thoughts and behavior with techniques that build present-moment awareness and motivation. Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative, with goals set together.
Courtney has worked with people dealing with grief, intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue, and family concerns. She also supports those facing workplace stress, life purpose questions, body image and self-love challenges, and money and financial issues. Her background includes experience addressing communication problems, social anxiety, young adult concerns, and issues common to women and first responders.
Her clinical methods include cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, EMDR for trauma-related symptoms, mindfulness practices for stress reduction, motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment, and solution-focused work to set achievable steps. She uses these approaches based on each person’s needs and goals.
Courtney practices in Kentucky and offers services in English. She works as a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW.
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and problems that get in the way of daily routines.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, targets distress linked to upsetting memories and can reduce the intensity of those reactions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to lower stress and improve focus.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to needs, goals, and comfort. That may mean combining techniques, testing what helps, and adjusting plans as progress is made.
Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a workday, avoid travel time, or choose a shorter check-in when schedules are tight. It also lets people use approaches like CBT worksheets, mindfulness guidance, and EMDR processing without rearranging a full day.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Courtney helps people with stress, anxiety, relationships, career issues, grief, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on money and financial issues, body image, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and practical, combining thought-focused work, mindfulness, and goal-oriented steps. Sessions emphasize clear tools you can use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including workplace stress, intimacy issues, and young adult challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW, licensed in Kentucky. Her practice is based in Kentucky.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.