Meet Courtney
Your Colorado Therapist for
Life Transitions, Anxiety & Motherhood
You don't have to have it all figured out.
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If you've found yourself wondering, "Is this really what I want?"
or "What am I supposed to do next?", you're not alone.
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Maybe your career isn't feeling quite right anymore.
Maybe a relationship has changed.
Maybe motherhood has shifted the way you see yourself.
Maybe you're moving through a season of life where the version of
you that once felt familiar doesn't quite fit anymore.
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From the outside, things may look fine. But internally, you may feel stuck, overwhelmed, uncertain, or tired of second guessing yourself.
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I'm Courtney, a Licensed Professional Counselor and the therapist behind Oak and Ivy Counseling. I help women navigate major life transitions with greater clarity, confidence, and self-trust so they can make decisions that feel aligned with who they are and where they want to go.
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You don't need to figure out your entire life before you begin.
Sometimes, you just need a place to slow down and hear yourself again.
I Believe You Can Trust Yourself While You're Still Figuring Things Out
There is a lot of pressure to know what you're doing. We are surrounded by timelines, expectations, comparisons, and messages about where we should be by a certain age or stage of life.
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So when your path doesn't look the way you expected, it's easy to assume you're behind.
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You might find yourself overthinking every decision, looking outside yourself for reassurance, or wondering why something that seems simple for everyone else feels so complicated for you.
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I don't believe that means something is wrong with you.
It may simply mean you're navigating something important.
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Therapy can give you space to slow down, sort through the noise, reconnect with yourself, and understand what actually matters to you.
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My goal isn't to tell you what decision to make.
It's to help you trust yourself enough to make it.
Why I Do This Work
I've always been drawn to the places where people are growing, changing, and figuring out what's next.
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My professional background includes supporting people through education, career development, mental health, and major life transitions. My training includes specific emphasis on anxiety, stress, career development, and maternal mental health, while my experience in public education and university settings has shaped how I understand the transitions women experience throughout adulthood.
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I've also navigated my own seasons of career shifts, identity changes, and motherhood. I know that becoming someone new doesn't always happen through one big decision. Sometimes it happens quietly—by questioning an old belief, setting a boundary, admitting something isn't working, or giving yourself permission to take your time.
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These experiences shape my warm, curious, and practical approach to therapy. I don't want you to become a completely different person. I want to help you feel more connected to yourself as you become who you're meant to be.
Therapy Is a Place to Root and Grow
I love the meaning behind Oak and Ivy because it captures how I think about growth.
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Oak represents strength, steadiness, and roots.
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Ivy represents adaptability, movement, and growth that doesn't always
follow a straight line.
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I believe therapy can be both.
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A place to root into who you are and grow into who you're becoming.
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You don't have to rush your growth.
You don't have to know exactly where you're going.
And you don't have to leave pieces of yourself behind
just because your life is changing.
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Sometimes the work is learning to listen to yourself again.
Sometimes it's understanding the patterns that keep you stuck.
Sometimes it's letting go of expectations that were never really yours.
And sometimes it's simply figuring out the next step.
My Approach Is Warm, Practical, and Collaborative
I don't believe therapy should feel like someone handing you a list of things to fix.
You are the expert on your own life.
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My role is to bring professional knowledge, curiosity, perspective, and support to the room while we work together to understand what's happening beneath the surface.
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My approach draws from strengths-based counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and a coaching-forward, growth-oriented perspective.
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Depending on what you're navigating, our work may include exploring anxiety and stress, challenging unhelpful thought patterns, understanding perfectionism or people pleasing, clarifying your values, building boundaries, working through self-doubt, or making sense of a major life transition.
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The goal isn't perfection.
It's greater awareness, greater self-trust, and the ability to make intentional choices even when you don't have complete certainty.
I want you to feel comfortable being honest in our sessions.
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That means you don't need to have the right words. You don't need to make your situation sound better than it is. And you don't need to know exactly what you need before we begin.
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We'll start with where you are.
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Together, we'll slow things down and make sense of what you're experiencing. We'll explore the thoughts, expectations, patterns, and fears that may be making it difficult to trust yourself.
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Then we'll work toward something practical: understanding what matters to you and identifying the next steps that feel meaningful and realistic.
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I won't rush you toward an answer.
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We'll make room for the process.
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Because sometimes clarity comes from having the space to listen to yourself instead of constantly searching for someone else to tell you what to do.
Who I Work With
I work primarily with women who are navigating the messy middle of change.
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You may be:
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Entering adulthood and trying to figure out who you are
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Questioning your career or considering a career transition
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Feeling stuck and unsure about what comes next
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Navigating a relationship or major life change
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Pregnant or adjusting to motherhood
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Experiencing an identity shift
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Struggling with anxiety, overthinking, or self-doubt
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Comparing yourself to others and feeling behind
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Trying to stop people pleasing or overfunctioning
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Feeling like you've lost touch with what you actually want
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Ready for something to change but unsure where to begin
You don't have to arrive with a perfectly defined therapy goal.
You can simply start with:
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"I don't know exactly what's wrong. I just know I don't want to keep feeling this way."
That's enough.
You Don't Have to Do It All Alone
You may be used to being the person who handles things.
The responsible one.
The one who keeps everything moving.
The one who figures it out.
But being capable doesn't mean you have to carry everything by yourself.
Therapy can be a place where you don't have to perform, solve, or hold everything together.
You can pause.
You can ask questions.
You can change your mind.
You can be uncertain.
You can take your time.
And you can begin figuring out what you want your life to look like now,
not what you once thought it was supposed to look like.
A Few Things I Want You to Know
You Are Not Behind
Your life doesn't have to follow someone else's timeline. There is no single right way to move through adulthood, career, relationships, or motherhood.
You Don't Need Certainty to Move Forward
Sometimes we're waiting to feel completely sure before taking the next step. But confidence often grows after we begin, not before.
Small Choices Matter
You don't have to reinvent your entire life. Small, intentional choices can create meaningful change over time.
Let's Start With Where You Are
Maybe you're in the middle of a transition.
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Maybe you're questioning everything.
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Maybe you simply know that you want to feel more like yourself again.
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Whatever brought you here, you don't have to have the whole path figured out before reaching out.
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We can start with a conversation.
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A free consultation gives us an opportunity to talk about what you're navigating, what you're hoping for, and whether Oak and Ivy Counseling feels like the right fit for you.
