Austa Murray
Calm guidance for life, relationships, and trauma recovery
LCSW Illinois
- Experience
- 22 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Trauma and abuse
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Attachment-Based Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Austa
Austa Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, and parenting challenges. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and LGBTQ issues.
Background and approach
Austa aims to move at a pace that feels comfortable and to build a practical connection so people can get the support they need. She uses plain talk and steady listening to understand what brought someone to therapy.
Sessions focus on skill building, improving communication, and making sense of painful experiences. Austa blends insight with actionable steps so people leave sessions with something they can try between meetings.
Her work draws on attachment-based ideas and the Gottman Method to look at how relationships and early patterns affect current life. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation.
These approaches are woven together to match each person’s needs. Austa describes her style as compassionate and nonjudgmental.
She brings developmental perspective when relevant and pays attention to how past experiences shape present reactions. The aim is to create a plan that fits each individual’s situation and goals.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible ways to work. Sessions are handled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
Austa practices in Illinois and conducts therapy in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Austa commonly integrates the Gottman Method and Attachment-Based Therapy with practical skills work. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication patterns and rebuilding connection in relationships by teaching clear, actionable habits. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current behavior and emotions and helps people recognize and change those patterns.She combines these approaches with client-centered listening so treatment feels collaborative. Finding the right approach is part of the work - the therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what is helpful. This makes therapy a shared process rather than a fixed script.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, coaching-style support, or to follow up between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit therapy into busy days.
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Experience
22+ years
Licensed in
Illinois
Languages
English