Practitioner record · Checked 9 Oct 2026
Curtesia Plunkett has been in practice 15 years and is licensed in Texas. Curtesia lists relationship issues, grief and intimacy-related issues among 13 subjects on the BetterHelp roster.
Everything below is either quoted from Curtesia's own BetterHelp listing, taken from public licensing records, or written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such. Nothing here is an availability promise, a review, or a rating.
01 · Who Curtesia works with
Curtesia lists 5 specialisms and 8 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Curtesia chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.
02 · In Curtesia's own words
Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.
Hey, my dear! My name is Dr. Curtesia Plunkett (affectionately known as Dr. C) & I am a Licensed Counseling & Forensic Psychologist based in Austin, TX. I personally know how asking for support can be one of the most difficult things ever, so I applaud you for taking the step to even consider allowing another soul on your life’s journey! 👏🏾
I have over 15 years of experience in providing individual/group/family/couples counseling, crisis intervention, outreach programming, teaching, and conducting a variety of assessments. I work with those across the lifespan–addressing a wide variety of presenting concerns (ie., anxiety, depression , grief, trauma, life transitions, etc). Notably, I specialize in working with other mental health professionals (A healer of healers), BIPOC community, & the LGBTQ+ community.
I see you. I hear you. I AM you.
I am not your “typical” mental health practitioner as I work from the lens of being a full ass human living a real complex life right alongside you. One of the greatest gifts & most humbling things I’ve been blessed to experience as I’ve traversed this thing called life, is being gifted the ability to sit with & join someone in the center of their distress, pain, trauma, and joy. While being able extend a hand, assuring them that they are not alone.
I believe in OUR ability to heal, grow, & thrive …. Despite the obstacles that life loves to through our way. I do this utilizing a holistic & eclectic approach tailored to each client that is grounded in Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioral (CBT), & Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy. I encircle all of this knowledge with humor, warmth, grace, & gentleness. I tend to be honest & challenging in my approach, through love. As one thing I’ve come to realize in life is that we CANNOT heal in a space of judgment… with self-judgment being the biggest culprit.
Curtesia Plunkett, on the BetterHelp listing · read 9 Oct 2026
03 · What happens next
Curtesia practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Curtesia's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.
BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Curtesia at this point.
BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Curtesia is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Curtesia.
You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.
A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.
Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.
04 · Before you commit
Built from what Curtesia actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Curtesia's - Curtesia has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.
“How do you decide when someone is ready to work on a traumatic memory itself?”
Pacing is the biggest safety question in trauma work. A clear, unhurried answer here matters more than any credential.
“With 15 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”
Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.
“How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”
On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.
05 · Practical details
06 · Provenance
Curtesia's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 9 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.
The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.
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