About Gabrielle
Gabrielle McMurphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) based in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people who are overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, depression, grief, or major life changes. She also supports those coping with trauma, ADHD, addiction, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue.
Gabrielle writes plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried. Gabrielle uses straightforward, collaborative work in sessions.
Background and approach
She listens first, then helps clients set clear, brief goals. Sessions often include practicing new skills and trying small experiments that fit daily life. The intent is to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning rather than rely on jargon.
Her approach draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Gabrielle also integrates elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when those tools match a person’s needs. She uses these methods to address patterns like avoidance, negative self-talk, and emotion overwhelm.
Gabrielle has three years of clinical experience as an LPC and LCMHC. She works with a wide range of concerns such as abandonment issues, attachment struggles, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems. She describes therapy as a team effort where the client’s priorities guide the work.
Sessions are offered in English through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling happens after completing a short matching questionnaire.
How Gabrielle’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Gabrielle draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice uncomfortable thoughts without getting stuck and focus on values-guided action. That approach is useful for anxiety, avoidance, and coping with life changes. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thinking patterns and to practice behavioral experiments that reduce symptoms. CBT is often applied for anxiety, depression, and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Gabrielle treats therapy as collaborative and will help clients try methods and see what fits. Together they set goals, review progress, and adjust techniques based on what is helpful and practical for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or a quick check-in during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while keeping the focus on steady, practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- 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
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina, Idaho, North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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