- Guilt and shame
- CBT and mindfulness
- Grief and loss
About Courtney
Courtney Gum is a Licensed Certified Social Worker-Clinical (LCSW-C) in Maryland with eight years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trouble concentrating, and issues related to ADHD. She also addresses relationship and family concerns, intimacy-related struggles, parenting pressures, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Courtney focuses on practical, steady conversations rather than jargon. She helps people name what they are feeling and sort through how it affects day-to-day life. Sessions tend to be straightforward and centered on the person in front of her.
Her approach draws on client-centered methods and cognitive-behavioral ideas to help with thoughts, behaviors, and coping skills. She also uses elements of emotionally-focused work and mindfulness to help clients connect with feelings and respond differently to them.
She has experience supporting people through grief, life changes, chronic illness and caregiver stress, body image concerns, fertility and cancer-related strain, blended family issues, and separation or divorce. She also works with communication and commitment concerns and with people managing chronic pain or disability.
For someone carrying guilt or shame about past actions or identity, she offers steady attention to those feelings and practical tools to manage them. To begin, clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
How her therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered therapy puts the client's concerns and goals at the center. In practice this means sessions focus on listening, reflecting, and responding to what matters most to the person. It is useful for people carrying shame or guilt who need a straightforward, accepting conversation about their feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT sessions can introduce simple exercises and practical strategies to test unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that keep someone stuck. CBT often helps with anxiety, depression, and concentration difficulties. Emotionally-focused elements help people name and tolerate strong feelings, and then shift patterns in relationships and self-view. This can be useful for intimacy-related struggles, grief, and family conflict. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor what happens in sessions rather than assuming one fixed method. The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break or avoiding travel time. It can also allow people to choose sessions that match their energy level, such as work that focuses on practical tools one week and feelings-based conversation another week.Areas of expertise
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Maryland
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD-related focus problems, relationship and family concerns, parenting pressures, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses client-centered conversation alongside cognitive-behavioral and emotionally-focused techniques to name those feelings and work on practical responses to them.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with the issues listed in her profile.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an LCSW-C licensed in Maryland and practices with that credential in the state.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats were not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees and getting started handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session via the See online therapy options button.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.