Courtney Firetto
RSW, MSW
Psychotherapy
Hello there! My name is Courtney. I am not the all-knowing expert, and I will not pretend to be. I bring clinical training and a lot of lived experience, and I’ll meet you as a fellow human while we figure out what actually works for you.
Our History
Bay Lake is named after Courtney's grandparents' cottage on Bay Lake, in Novar. It was the place she first knew what safety actually felt like in her body, somewhere her walls could come down, where nothing had to be performed, where the hard work of being a person felt a little less heavy. This practice is named for what that place did. Every part of this practice is built to be that, for someone else.
Growing up Type 1 diabetic, Courtney spent most of her childhood inside the medical system, surrounded by doctors and nurses and dietitians, and almost no one who saw the emotional weight of it. Mary, a social worker on her care team, was the exception. Mary listened, didn't judge, treated her like a whole person instead of a chart. That one relationship changed what was possible for her. Bay Lake exists because every client deserves a Mary, and because Courtney knows, from the inside, what it costs when no one in the room can hold that part.
