Gabrielle McMurphy
Compassionate counselor for practical coping
LPC, LCMHC North Carolina
- Experience
- 3 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle McMurphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She focuses on practical, day-to-day strategies people can use to feel steadier and more able to cope.
Background and approach
Her tone is warm and encouraging for someone taking a first step toward help. Gabrielle uses straightforward talk and collaborative planning in sessions.
She draws on the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and goals, and cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Sessions tend to center on short-term tools alongside longer-term personal work.
With three years of clinical experience, Gabrielle applies approaches that emphasize understanding and skill building. She helps people facing burnout, compassion fatigue, and life transitions to set boundaries and restore balance.
She also supports those coping with trauma, substance concerns, attention differences, bipolar mood shifts, and chronic health issues. Gabrielle practices in North Carolina and holds the credentials LPC and LCMHC.
She works in English and does not accept international clients. Her focus includes issues such as attachment difficulties, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, body image, and communication struggles.
Therapy sessions are offered through a mix of video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Gabrielle encourages new clients to take the first step by using the site’s Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Gottman Method work focuses on how people communicate and connect in relationships. It identifies recurring interaction patterns and teaches concrete skills for improving listening, reducing criticism, and rebuilding trust. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values while accepting difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Gabrielle will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and daily life, then suggest techniques from these approaches that seem likely to help. Clients and therapist try methods together, adjust what isn’t working, and track progress over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send messages between sessions or use brief check-ins during a busy week. These formats make it easier to fit consistent work into life while using the same therapeutic methods you would in person.
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Experience
3+ years
Licensed in
South Carolina, Idaho, North Carolina
Languages
English