Ashley Murphy, LPC

Ashley Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and holds an MA, a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling earned from Webster University in 2011. Based in South Carolina, she brings more than two decades of experience to her work and has supported people in community settings, schools, and through telehealth. In recognition of her school-based work she received the School Mental Health Counselor of the Year award in 2021.

Ashley focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and abuse, and relationship and family challenges. She works with parenting and fatherhood issues, blended family dynamics, domestic violence recovery, ADHD and impulsivity, obsessive and compulsive patterns, panic and post-traumatic stress, self-harm concerns, and other life transitions. She also offers coaching for clients seeking practical strategies and goal-oriented change.

Her approach is rooted in client-centered care, viewing each person as the expert in their own life while offering guidance toward fuller healing and growth. Ashley blends client-centered work with evidence-informed tools to address symptoms and to heal inner-child wounds. She aims to help individuals and families regain perspective, strengthen relationships, and move toward their fullest potential.

Approaches for Online Healing and Practical Change

Ashley integrates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to support people in online sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes respect for each person’s experience and helps individuals explore their own goals and values while feeling heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) uses practical strategies to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and compulsive patterns.

She also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people increase present-moment awareness and manage stress and emotional reactivity. These approaches are chosen to fit the individual needs of each person, and finding the right method is part of the collaborative process. Ashley works with clients to assess what feels most helpful and adjusts strategies over time based on goals, preferences, and progress.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match a client’s routine and comfort. This range of options can make it easier to maintain consistent care, access support between sessions, and continue therapeutic work from different locations.