Jeffrey Murrah , LPC

Jeffrey Murrah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 41 years of experience helping individuals and families navigate difficult life challenges. He brings a wide-ranging background from work in in-patient hospitals, halfway houses, homeless shelters, school counseling offices, college classrooms, church counseling, foster care homes and outpatient clinics, which informs a practical and compassionate approach to clinical care.

Raised in a blended family and married for over 35 years, Jeffrey draws on personal experience with blended-family dynamics, long-term partnership, parenting three homeschooled sons, and providing care for a parent with dementia. Those life experiences add perspective to his clinical work with couples, families, caregivers and adults facing major transitions.

Clinically, Jeffrey integrates psychodynamic techniques and cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients explore underlying patterns while learning concrete skills to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviors. He works with a broad range of concerns including addictions and process addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, family problems, parenting, stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar disorder and depression, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

Jeffrey also focuses on blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, family of origin concerns, forgiveness, infidelity recovery and drug and alcohol addiction. He holds additional credentials as a Certified Mental Health & Nutrition Clinical Specialist (CMNCS) and is Farm Response Certified, reflecting specialized training that complements his counseling work.

Jeffrey aims to work collaboratively with each client, listening carefully and tailoring interventions to individual needs so that people can build on their strengths, recover from setbacks and pursue meaningful goals. He is accepting new clients and works with both domestic and international clients in English.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Jeffrey Murrah uses evidence-informed approaches adapted for online practice to meet clients where they are. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and is often used for anxiety, depression, stress management and coping skills development. Psychodynamic Therapy explores patterns that originate in past relationships and life experiences to increase self-awareness and address recurring emotional difficulties, which can be helpful for relationship issues, grief and trauma processing. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens deeply and supports clients as they find their own solutions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Jeffrey works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative process helps ensure the work feels relevant and practical.

Online sessions - whether by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging - offer flexibility for busy schedules, caregivers and clients who live far from in-person services. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in care, try different formats to suit comfort levels, and access licensed professionals from varied locations, all while focusing on meaningful therapeutic progress.