Deanna Murray , LMFT

Deanna Murray is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Texas with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping adults and families navigate stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, and family conflicts while addressing issues such as motivation, self-esteem, and confidence. Her practice also includes support for trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, depression, intimacy-related concerns, and compassion fatigue, along with a range of related challenges like codependency, communication problems, and life transitions.

Deanna approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, shaping conversations and treatment plans to reflect each client’s unique circumstances and goals. She draws on a blend of therapeutic tools to tailor interventions that fit an individual’s needs, whether the focus is couples work, family dynamics, or personal growth. Acknowledging that seeking change requires courage, Deanna offers steady support through the process of building healthier patterns, stronger relationships, and greater emotional resilience.

Her work emphasizes collaboration and practical strategies to help clients move forward from abandonment wounds, midlife concerns, fertility and fatherhood issues, guilt and shame, and the search for life purpose. Deanna aims to create a therapeutic path that meets where someone is and helps them pursue a more fulfilling, balanced life.

Therapeutic Approaches in Online Care

Deanna integrates Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into online sessions to meet each person where they are. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental space in which the client’s perspective guides the work; it helps people explore their values, make sense of emotions, and strengthen self-understanding. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical tools, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help couples and individuals understand attachment patterns and deepen emotional connection, addressing intimacy and relationship ruptures. Deanna treats the selection of an approach as a collaborative process - she works with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Deanna offers flexible ways to engage, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, accommodate different comfort levels, and maintain continuity of care during life transitions. Licensed professionals can tailor session formats while using these therapeutic approaches to help clients move toward their goals.