- Mindfulness based CBT
- Solution focused work
- Breathing and movement
About Amy
Amy Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in North Carolina with 17 years of professional experience. She sees adults coping with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem issues, and life changes. Her work also addresses communication problems, forgiveness, self-love, women's concerns, and guilt and shame.
She uses an eclectic approach that combines mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral ideas, solution-focused work, yoga-based breathing and movement, and narrative methods. Sessions look at thoughts, behaviors, belief systems, and body responses. That helps people notice patterns that keep them stuck and try different ways of responding.
In practice she talks through what is happening now and what has shaped those reactions. She guides people in building practical coping skills for stress and transitions. She also offers ways to explore grief, trauma, and struggles with identity or self-worth.
Amy encourages clients to draw on their own resources while adding new tools for handling difficult feelings. She includes breathing and gentle movement techniques when those fit a person’s needs. She aims to help people practice skills between sessions so changes can carry into daily life.
Her background spans clinical settings and individual counseling over many years. People curious about working on guilt, shame, or relationship strain can start by completing the brief matching questionnaire to schedule an initial session.
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral approaches encourage noticing thoughts and emotions without getting swept away by them. This helps with anxiety, depression, and recurring self-critical thinking that fuels guilt or shame.Solution-focused techniques look at what works now and build small, concrete steps to change daily routines. They are practical for managing stress, improving communication, and handling life transitions.
Yoga-based breathing and gentle movement practices are offered as tools to regulate the body when emotions feel overwhelming. These practices can be brief exercises to use between sessions to reduce intensity of anxiety or distress.
Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify needs, goals, and preferences and adjust approaches as those needs change.
Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, require less travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Talk with the therapist about what session structure fits your routine and energy level.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Experience
17+ years
Listed in
North Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, self-love, and women’s issues.
How would she approach feelings of guilt or shame?
She combines mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral ideas with narrative work to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and rewrite the stories they tell about themselves. Practical coping skills and breathing techniques are used alongside that reflective work.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional work experience supporting people with anxiety, grief, trauma, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in North Carolina and practices from that state.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I book sessions from outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to clients within the therapist's permitted locations.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.