Gabrielle McMurphy, LPC, LCMHC
Compassionate counselor helping you find steady ground
Details
| Name | Gabrielle McMurphy |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC, LCMHC |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Licensed in | South Carolina, Idaho, North Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 3 |
About Gabrielle
Gabrielle McMurphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina. She offers calm, straightforward support for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief, or stress. Her style is warm and collaborative and she focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Gabrielle works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, addictions, and low self-esteem. She also helps people facing life changes, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues around attachment or abandonment.
Background and approach
Clients can expect conversations that connect what they are living with to useful coping skills. Her approach draws on Narrative ideas alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Sessions balance storytelling about life events with concrete strategies for mood and behavior.
The aim is to help people notice patterns and choose actions that match their values. Gabrielle has three years of clinical experience. She uses that time to keep sessions straightforward and goal focused, while staying responsive to each person's pace.
She explains concepts in plain language and practices with patience. Therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are delivered in English and align with licensing as an LPC and LCMHC in North Carolina.
Getting started is a matter of a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Gabrielle works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- 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
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR): Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Gottman Method: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Gabrielle among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Gabrielle directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Gabrielle directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative work and practical therapies translate online
Gabrielle blends Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered approaches to help people tell clearer stories about their lives. Narrative Therapy focuses on separating a person from their problems so they can reframe painful events and see new possibilities. ACT helps people notice thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values, useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Client-Centered therapy prioritizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation so a person feels heard and can guide the pace and focus of sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Gabrielle treats the selection as a collaborative process, trying different practices and checking in about what feels helpful. She will adapt methods based on what the person wants to achieve and how they respond in early sessions.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for deeper conversations and teaching skills with visual cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day and use less bandwidth. Live chat or text works well for brief check-ins, practicing new skills, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into real life and to keep working on goals between meetings.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does Gabrielle help with?
She helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and stress. She also works with concerns like ADHD, addictions, bipolar disorder, and self-esteem.
What is her style in therapy?
Her sessions are warm and collaborative with a focus on practical tools. Conversations mix listening with skill-building and gentle guidance.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Gabrielle has three years of clinical experience working with a range of mood and stress-related concerns. She draws on that experience to keep sessions clear and actionable.
What credentials and region apply to her practice?
She holds LPC and LCMHC credentials and practices in North Carolina. Those credentials are listed as LPC and LCMHC.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for online sessions?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options allow different ways to check in and practice skills between sessions.
How are costs and starting therapy handled?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
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