Austa Murray , LCSW

Austa Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 22 years of experience working across a broad range of mental health settings. As an LCSW she is qualified to provide clinical social work and therapeutic services, bringing long-term experience in individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. Her practice begins where the client wants to begin, moving at a pace that feels comfortable and emphasizing the development of a strong therapeutic connection to support the work.

Austa has worked with a diverse range of concerns including depression, anxiety, stress, career difficulties, parenting challenges, relationship problems, sexual assault, emotional abuse, and other forms of trauma. She has advanced training that frames clinical work through attachment- and trauma-based lenses and she brings developmental expertise to help understand how past experiences shape current patterns.

Her approach is compassionate, non-judgmental, educational, and insight-oriented. She draws on strengths-based, trauma-informed, and developmentally informed perspectives, combining cognitive behavioral and solution-focused counseling styles to offer practical skills alongside deeper understanding. Austa collaborates with clients to create individualized plans that address presenting concerns and support personal goals.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Austa commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust - this approach is useful for addressing attachment issues, abandonment concerns, intimacy-related problems, and relationship difficulties. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own goals to foster self-awareness and growth - this approach can support work on self-esteem, grief, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another frequent component of her work, focusing on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaching practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, and stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Austa works collaboratively with clients and licensed professionals to identify which methods fit best with a person’s needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts strategies over time as those needs evolve.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and different communication styles. These formats make it easier to access care from varied locations and to continue work despite busy schedules or life changes, while allowing therapists to use the same therapeutic approaches they apply in person.