Carla Murray, LPC, LPC-MHSP

Carla Murray is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) with 16 years of clinical experience supporting adults through life transitions and emotional challenges. The LPC credential indicates a licensed professional counselor, and the LPC-MHSP designation means she is authorized to provide mental health services. Based in Tennessee, she works with people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting and fatherhood issues, caregiving stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, and a range of other life changes.

Her style centers on meeting each person where they are with respect and sensitivity, avoiding stigmatizing labels and tailoring care to individual needs. Drawing on personal experience with significant loss and stress, she blends practical therapeutic tools with empathy to help clients regain purpose and a sense of wellbeing. Carla integrates client-centered principles with cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior techniques, and she uses mindfulness practices to support emotional regulation and self-awareness.

Carla emphasizes collaboration when creating a treatment plan, adapting interventions to fit a client’s goals, values, and life circumstances. She encourages those ready to take steps toward change and offers support aimed at building coping skills, improving communication, and restoring balance. Prospective clients seeking an experienced, compassionate counselor for life transitions and common mental health concerns may find her approach grounded, flexible, and goal-oriented.

Therapeutic Approaches for Effective Online Care

Carla Murray draws on a mix of evidence-based methods tailored to each person’s needs. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective guides the work - this approach helps with self-esteem, decision-making, and coping through life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, making it useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which is helpful for managing intense emotions and improving relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Carla collaborates with clients to identify which strategies align with their goals and preferences, and she adjusts techniques over time to fit changing needs. This collaborative stance helps ensure that treatment feels relevant and manageable.

Online therapy with Carla can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules and varied comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care from home, work, or while managing caregiving and life commitments, and they support consistent progress without requiring travel to appointments.