About Marcus
Marcus Mccray uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and self-esteem concerns. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and keeps sessions direct and practical. Marcus speaks plainly and focuses on actions clients can take between meetings.
Marcus draws on three years of hands-on experience working in community settings, including trauma-informed and group work. He centers sessions on each person’s existing strengths and everyday skills. This approach helps people break down negative thought patterns into manageable steps.
Background and approach
In sessions Marcus combines honest feedback with simple, usable tools. He aims to motivate clients to take realistic steps toward their goals. Goals are set together and designed to fit into day-to-day life.
Marcus also addresses specific concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, blended family stress, caregiving strain, and challenges tied to fatherhood and first responder roles. He works with people facing substance use concerns, separation and divorce, and recovery from disasters. Appointments are offered from Texas and are conducted in English.
Sessions may include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Marcus explains next steps clearly and helps people pick approaches that match their needs.
Approach-Focused Online Counseling and Practical Tools
Marcus uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear change steps. One approach emphasizes identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns into more balanced thinking to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach builds on a person’s natural strengths and everyday skills so clients can use what they already do well to cope with stress and life changes. These methods are explained in simple terms and paired with concrete exercises that people can practice between sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals, comfort level, and daily routine. Together they set realistic steps and adjust strategies as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make help more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit counseling into work, family, and other obligations.
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What this counselor works with
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- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English