Janelle Murray , LCSW, CSW

Janelle Murray, LCSW, CSW, is a licensed clinical social worker based in Georgia who brings a strengths-based approach to therapeutic care. She holds a Master of Social Work from Savannah State University and a Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Development from Georgia Southern University. Her credentials include LCSW, which indicates she is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and CSW, which denotes a Certified Social Worker.

With nine years of clinical experience, she has worked with diverse populations and cultures, focusing particularly on women and adolescents who are survivors of abuse. Much of her practice has taken place in-home, which has sharpened her skills in building rapport quickly, stabilizing crises, and helping families feel comfortable engaging with services. Her clinical work emphasizes stress management, strengths building, and addressing both interpersonal and intrapersonal conflict.

Janelle centers therapy on identifying the existing resources and abilities clients bring to their lives. Using a strengths-based perspective, she supports clients in recognizing practical solutions and enhancing relationships to reach their therapeutic goals. Her areas of focus include stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting and self-esteem, among other life changes and caregiving challenges.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care and Growth

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a collaborative, empathetic relationship in which the therapist creates a supportive space and follows the client's lead. This approach helps people who need validation, improved self-understanding, and stronger interpersonal connections.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and skill-oriented, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and habit patterns that interfere with daily life.

Narrative Therapy invites clients to explore the stories they tell about their lives and to reframe those narratives to reflect strengths and preferred outcomes. It can be especially useful for processing trauma, grief, identity questions, and relationship shifts.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they adapt techniques and pace to fit the client's situation.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, to access care from different locations within the therapist's service area, and to choose the format that feels most comfortable for each session.