Jeffrey Murrah, LPC

Jeffrey Murrah is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) with more than 41 years of counseling experience. He focuses on helping people who are worn out by stress, anxiety, relationship problems, addiction, grief, and life transitions. Jeffrey offers straightforward conversation and practical tools to help people find new ways to cope and move forward.

His background includes work in many settings - in-patient hospitals, halfway houses, homeless shelters, school counseling, college classrooms, church counseling, foster care homes, and outpatient clinics. Those roles gave him a wide view of common struggles and how they show up in daily life. He draws on that variety when thinking about each person he sees.

Jeffrey often uses psychodynamic ideas to look at underlying patterns and cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. He blends these approaches to tackle issues like addiction, recovering from infidelity, low self-esteem, and caregiver stress. His style is conversational and direct, helping people notice what they do and try different responses.

He also speaks from personal experience, having lived in a blended family, been married for over 35 years, raised three sons who were homeschooled, and cared for a parent with dementia. Those life events shape how he listens and the examples he offers in sessions. He aims to be practical and compassionate while helping people set realistic goals.

Jeffrey wants clients to feel heard and to leave sessions with something to try. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to the therapist's availability.

How his approaches translate to online therapy

Psychodynamic therapy looks at recurring patterns and past experiences that shape how a person reacts today. Online work can include talking through those patterns, reflecting on relationships, and noticing emotions as they come up. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through small, practical experiments and new routines. It helps with worries, sleep problems, depression, and addiction-related habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process and Jeffrey treats it as a collaboration. He listens to a person's goals and tries methods that match their needs. If something doesn’t fit, he will discuss adjustments and try different techniques together until they find what works best.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and offering more flexible scheduling. It also lets people use shorter check-ins, avoid being on camera when that feels hard, or choose sessions that match their bandwidth and daily rhythm. Reach out to complete the matching questionnaire and learn which session arrangements are currently offered.