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Tolana Murphy

Therapist focused on practical family support

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Credentials
LPC, LCPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Arizona, Kentucky, Ohio
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Tolana

Tolana Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LCPC) practicing from Arizona. She brings ten years of counseling experience and a steady, practical approach to common struggles parents worry about. She talks plainly and focuses on helping people handle stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and parenting challenges.

Tolana emphasizes realistic steps you can try between sessions. Before working in independent practice, she provided care in outpatient and inpatient settings.

Background and approach

Her background includes work in intensive outpatient programs, substance abuse detox units, and community mental health. She has supported adults with severe mental illness and people experiencing early psychosis. That range of experience shapes how she notices both immediate safety needs and day-to-day coping skills.

Her counseling style borrows from several therapies so she can match methods to each person. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help change unhelpful thinking and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to work on values and committed action. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma or relationship patterns are central.

Tolana is comfortable supporting people through parenting stress, intimacy concerns, sleep and eating problems, and life transitions. She also has experience with postpartum depression, hoarding, aging issues, and compassion fatigue. Her focus is on clear goals, practical tools, and steady support.

Sessions are offered in English and conducted online in formats that fit busy family schedules. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on therapist availability.

How Tolana’s Approaches Translate to Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful steps toward those values. It is useful when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and habits and practicing specific strategies to change them. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many daily parenting challenges. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, looks at how patterns of connection and emotion show up in relationships and helps shift those patterns toward more supported ways of relating, which can be important for intimacy and family tensions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adjust methods as needed. That collaborative process helps match techniques to the family's routine and the individual’s readiness to change.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy family life. These formats make it easier to schedule around childcare, work, and school. They also let clients practice skills in their real-life settings and check in between sessions when brief support is helpful.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Tolana commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related concerns, eating and sleeping problems, parenting, anger, self esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Additional focuses include aging and geriatric issues, hoarding, life purpose, postpartum depression, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and phobia, and women's issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach is practical and adaptable. She blends methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to set concrete goals and teach skills you can use between sessions.
What kind of clinical experience does she bring?
She has ten years of experience working in intensive outpatient settings, inpatient detox, community mental health, and care for adults with severe mental illness and early psychosis. That variety informs both crisis work and longer term support.
Where is she licensed and based?
She practices in Arizona and holds the credentials LPC and LCPC. Her license numbers are OR LPC C10317 and ID LCPC 7871561 as documented.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different family schedules and needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Arizona, Kentucky, Ohio, Alaska, Idaho, Minnesota, Utah, Missouri, Wyoming, Oregon
Languages
English

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