About Gabrielle
Gabrielle McMurphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, ADHD, and struggles with self-esteem.
Her style is warm and approachable, and she aims to make early steps in therapy feel manageable for anyone who is unsure where to begin. She describes therapy as a collaborative process.
Background and approach
Gabrielle uses straightforward conversations to identify pressing concerns and build practical skills people can use between sessions. She draws on several well-known approaches to tailor how she works to each person’s needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan. Gabrielle brings three years of clinical experience to her work and holds licensure as LPC and LCMHC.
That background informs how she blends listening with skill teaching. Many people come to her for help with life transitions, coping after loss, managing mood symptoms such as bipolar disorder and depression, and challenges linked to addiction or compassion fatigue.
She also supports people dealing with attachment and abandonment issues, body image or caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, and communication or control struggles. Gabrielle is able to work by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different schedules and preferences. Her goal is to help people find clearer routines, steadier moods, and better tools for day-to-day life.
She encourages a steady pace and practical steps so clients can notice change without feeling rushed.
How Gabrielle’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting caught up in them and then choose actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and changing behaviors that keep problems going, which is useful for anxiety, mood concerns, and ADHD-related struggles. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, centers on understanding and reshaping emotional responses to improve how people relate to their own feelings and make decisions about relationships or self-regulation.Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Gabrielle will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that fit those aims. That collaborative process means the plan can shift as needs change, mixing talking, skill practice, and in-session exercises to see what helps most.
Online therapy with Gabrielle is available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for a fuller conversational encounter and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can suit quick check-ins, shorter touchpoints, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Idaho, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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