Carla Murray , LPC, LPC-MHSP

Carla Murray is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) who brings 16 years of clinical experience to her practice in Tennessee. She focuses on everyday problems like anxiety, stress, grief, depression, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Carla also supports people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, and LGBT-related issues.

Her style is straightforward and respectful. She aims to meet people where they are and talk through practical steps that feel doable. Sessions tend to focus on building skills, improving communication, and finding better ways to cope with big life changes.

Carla blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral tools and elements of dialectical behavior therapy. She uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help clients notice patterns, set goals, and stay motivated. Plans are shaped together so they fit each person’s day-to-day life.

Her background includes work with a range of family and caregiving concerns, from blended family issues to caregiver stress and aging-related topics. She also addresses abandonment, attachment, codependency, and problems that arise after divorce or separation.

Carla frames therapy as a collaborative process where practical exercises meet personal meaning. She encourages small, steady changes rather than sudden fixes. People looking for help with coping, relationship communication, or managing strong emotions may find her approach useful.

How practical approaches translate to online care

Carla regularly uses client-centered techniques to structure sessions around what matters most to each person. This approach focuses on active listening, understanding your priorities, and shaping conversations so they fit your life and goals. It is useful for discussing relationship worries, parenting decisions, or grief.

She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks concerns into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT gives hands-on tools to change unhelpful thinking and try manageable behavior shifts, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. Dialectical behavior therapy techniques are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better interpersonal skills for intense feelings or relationship conflict.

Deciding which approach to use is a shared process. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to your goals and preferences, adjusting over time as needs change. Clients shape the pace and focus, and progress is reviewed together.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you work face-to-face when discussion and visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be a better fit for lower bandwidth or when stepping away for a quick check-in is easier. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, practical coaching, or ongoing skill practice between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives.