About Jessica
Jessica Murph is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps people facing anxiety, stress, trauma, relationship struggles, and phobias. She offers an affirming approach that pays attention to identity, sexual expression, and neurodiversity. Jess works with adults across Texas and uses virtual sessions to reach people where they are.
Her style is direct and person-centered. She listens first and helps people set clear, realistic goals. Sessions focus on practical skills and real-life changes rather than long theory discussions.
Background and approach
Jessica blends several therapy methods to match each person's needs. That can include cognitive behavioral strategies to spot unhelpful thinking, acceptance and commitment ideas to build values-based action, and attachment work to improve how people relate to others. She also draws on Gottman principles for relationship problems.
She has seven years of clinical experience and works from a humanistic, sex-positive stance. She intentionally supports neurodivergent people and those with ADHD, adapting pace and structure to fit how someone thinks and processes information. Jessica addresses eating and body image concerns using approaches that encourage gentler, sustainable change and trust in bodily signals.
She also helps people coping with chronic medical issues, caregiver stress, and overlapping or complex concerns. Her virtual practice aims to be practical and respectful. People who choose her can expect focused sessions, tools to practice between meetings, and collaboration on what will make life feel more manageable.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and feelings without getting stuck by them, and then take small steps toward what matters. This can help with anxiety, phobias, and life transitions by building practical habits and values-based goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. In sessions she helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and practices alternative responses to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early and current relationships affect trust, closeness, and conflict. It is useful for people working through patterns in romantic relationships or with family dynamics.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. She works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions let therapists and clients use visual cues and practice skills together, while phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day. Live chat or messaging can work well for brief check-ins, mood tracking, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to schedule consistent care and use therapy tools between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- 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
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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