Tolana Murphy , LPC, LCPC

Tolana Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LCPC) with 10 years of clinical experience, based in Arizona. She brings a breadth of practice across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings and focuses on helping people navigate depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, addiction, and other complex mental health challenges.

Tolana's background includes work with adolescents in intensive outpatient programs, adults in substance abuse detox inpatient settings, and individuals experiencing a first psychotic break. She has also provided community mental health services and medication assisted treatment, and she offers both individual and group support. Over the course of her career she has worked with hundreds of patients facing a range of difficulties related to mental illness and recovery.

Her counseling style is intentionally eclectic - Tolana draws on multiple evidence-based methods to meet each person where they are. She has training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Brief Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Person-Centered Therapy. This flexible approach allows her to tailor interventions to the needs and goals of each client.

Tolana earned a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Toledo with a primary focus in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Counseling from Spring Arbor University. She emphasizes thoughtful, compassionate care that centers on understanding the whole person.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and develop practical habits that align with those values. It is useful for addressing stress, anxiety, depression, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning by emphasizing acceptance, mindfulness, and committed action.

Client-centered therapy, also known as person-centered therapy, focuses on creating a supportive, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the person is viewed as the expert on their own experience. This approach supports self-exploration and personal growth and can be helpful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a structured method that examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It offers tools to challenge unhelpful thinking and build practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Tolana works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts techniques as progress is made.

Online therapy with Tolana is available by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and for choosing the mode that feels most comfortable. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, fit sessions into a busy life, and access support from home or another convenient location.