About Valisa
Valisa Murray is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on relationship and intimacy concerns. She speaks plainly and helps people untangle stuck patterns, cope with life changes, and rebuild self-esteem. Her approach aims to make therapy feel manageable for people juggling busy lives.
She uses practical, goal-oriented methods to address partners' communication problems and blended family dynamics. Sessions often focus on concrete steps couples can try between meetings and ways individuals can shore up self-love and direction in life.
Background and approach
Work around sexuality, infidelity, and non-monogamous relationship questions centers on clear communication and realistic next steps. Valisa draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term, achievable goals.
The Gottman Method informs her work with couples, especially around conflict patterns and connection-building exercises. Across 15 years of practice in Michigan, she has supported people facing career stress, compassion fatigue, and parenting strain. She also offers coaching and life-skills workshops for those wanting practical tools for daily living.
Sessions are available by video, phone, chat, or text messages for flexible scheduling. People who prefer a direct, collaborative style will find sessions emphasize real-world skills. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Valisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thought patterns that keep them stuck and try small behavioral changes that can improve mood and relationships. CBT is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem, and work-related stress.The Gottman Method is applied to couples work online to identify negative interaction cycles and build habits that increase connection. It focuses on practical exercises partners can practice between sessions to improve communication and trust.
Solution-Focused Therapy helps clients define clear, short-term goals and identify immediate steps toward those goals. This approach is useful when people want quick, actionable progress on a specific issue.
Choosing the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before, then suggest an approach to try together. That plan can change as progress is made because the process is collaborative.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and guided exercises, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is low, chat works well for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to use different formats as needs change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family problems
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English