About Jeffrey
Jeffrey Murrah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 41 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or worn down by life’s problems. He listens closely and helps clients notice new ways of responding to old patterns.
He has worked in many settings over four decades, including hospitals, shelters, school counseling, foster care, and outpatient clinics. Those varied roles shaped a practical approach to common struggles like addiction, depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship pain.
Background and approach
Jeffrey draws on hands-on experience rather than theory alone. He often combines psychodynamic ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand why they do what they do and then try different behaviors. Sessions tend to focus on patterns that cause trouble and clear steps people can use to change them.
He also uses solution-focused ideas to set reachable goals and track progress. Personal life experience informs his work. Growing up in a blended family and raising three sons while caring for an aging parent give him real-world perspective on blended family stress, caregiving strain, and long-term relationship issues.
That background helps him relate to the everyday challenges clients bring. Jeffrey works with a wide range of concerns including addictions, trauma and abuse, sleeping problems, anger, self-esteem, bipolar and mood issues, parenting stresses, and ADHD. He aims to be a steady partner through change, helping people learn new ways of coping and move toward better functioning.
People who meet with him can expect direct listening, thoughtful questions, and a focus on practical steps. He encourages collaboration, helping clients set goals and try strategies that fit their lives.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Jeffrey commonly uses psychodynamic therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in his work. Psychodynamic therapy helps people notice long-standing patterns and emotional themes that influence current behavior, which can be useful for relationship struggles, grief, and family of origin issues. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors, which is helpful for anxiety, sleeping problems, mood concerns, and addiction recovery.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. He works together with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches as progress unfolds. The plan can change as needs change, with regular check-ins to make sure the work feels useful.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people have face-to-face conversation when travel or schedules make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions are useful when a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth is preferable. Live chat and text messaging make it possible to keep momentum between sessions and to send short updates or reflections when that fits a person’s routine. These options help clients fit therapy into busy lives while maintaining steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 41 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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