Caroline Murray, LCMHC
Narrative-focused counselor for practical change
Details
| Name | Caroline Murray |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCMHC |
| Based in | North Carolina |
| Licensed in | North Carolina |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 20 |
About Caroline
Caroline Murray is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) practicing in North Carolina with 20 years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, career concerns, life transitions, and relationship issues. Caroline aims to make therapy straightforward and practical so people can manage day-to-day challenges more easily.
Her work is rooted in Narrative Therapy, which helps people tell and reframe the stories that shape their lives. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered listening to match tools to a person's needs.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be collaborative and paced to each individual. Caroline often helps people untangle patterns around communication, control, and commitment issues. She supports those dealing with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, chronic illness or pain, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation.
She also addresses addiction, dissociation, guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness. Practical skills are a frequent focus in her sessions. Clients work on coping strategies for anxiety and anger, clearer communication habits, and ways to boost self-esteem.
Caroline favors techniques that can be tried between sessions and adjusted over time. Her style is warm and non-judgmental. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps them test small changes that add up.
People who want a thoughtful, steady approach to managing life changes often find her method helpful.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Anger management, Self esteem among the things Caroline works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Caroline among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Caroline among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Caroline among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Caroline among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Caroline among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Caroline among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Caroline 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 Caroline directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and behavior-focused methods work online
Caroline blends Narrative Therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to offer different ways of approaching problems. Narrative Therapy helps people name the stories that shape their reactions and then try alternative meanings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on clarifying values and taking small, values-based actions even when emotions are difficult. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.Deciding which approach to use is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped before. Together they try methods and adjust course based on what feels useful and doable in everyday life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet those goals. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when low bandwidth or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, or getting support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical routines.
Common questions about this listing
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, anger, self-esteem, career questions, life changes, and relationship concerns. Additional areas include caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, addiction, divorce, guilt, and shame.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses Narrative Therapy alongside ACT, CBT, DBT, and client-centered listening to match methods to each person. The style is collaborative and focused on practical skills you can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 20 years of clinical experience working with adults on a wide range of emotional and life concerns. That background informs a steady, problem-focused approach.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina. Sessions are provided to people who can participate under that state license.
What languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are offered to people covered by her North Carolina practice.
What formats are available for sessions?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are costs and starting steps handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Contacting this therapist
Sessions with Caroline are arranged through our partner platform. It asks a few questions about what you are looking for, then shows you the therapists available to you, including Caroline where she has space. Ask about fees, and whether she holds a licence or registration where you live.
Or see other therapists in North Carolina »
This is a partner link. We will earn a commission if you sign up through it, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Other listings in North Carolina
- Anne Douglas, LMFT - North Carolina
- Jacqueline Baiada, LCSW - North Carolina
- Samuel Parker, LCSW - North Carolina
- Kristina Ellen, LCMHC - North Carolina
- All therapists for stress, anxiety »