About Carla
Carla Murray is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) based in Tennessee. She draws on 16 years of experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship strain. Carla focuses on practical steps people can use right away to cope with life changes and day-to-day challenges.
Carla centers sessions on the person in front of her and listens without labels. She aims to create a space where people can talk honestly about anger, low self-esteem, caregiver stress, or the aftermath of loss.
Background and approach
Her background includes helping people manage compassion fatigue and career-related stress as well as addressing concerns related to parenting, blended families, and communication problems. Her approach blends client-centered care with clear skills work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provide tools for changing patterns of thinking and for managing intense feelings.
Mindfulness techniques and motivational interviewing are used to support commitment to change and to build small, sustainable habits. Carla tailors sessions to each person’s goals and circumstances and helps people make concrete plans to move forward. She respects each person’s identity and avoids stigmatizing language while working on commitment issues, codependency, or attachment concerns.
Clients may find support for issues such as bipolar mood struggles, abandonment worries, or family separation. People who want to begin are guided through a simple matching and scheduling process. Sessions are offered in English and provided through a mix of video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Carla integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy into online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple breathing and attention practices that help manage stress and intense emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then suggest methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape session plans and practical takeaways that can be used between meetings.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful when visual cues and a fuller conversation matter. Phone sessions can fit a busy day or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or ongoing support between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping treatment focused on skills and real-life changes.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English