Ashley Murphy, LPC

Ashley Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina with 22 years of experience helping people with stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationships, parenting, anger, self-esteem, life changes, coaching, and ADHD. She works directly with individuals who bring these concerns and uses practical therapy methods to address them.

She favors straightforward, client-centered work that recognizes the person as the expert on their life. Sessions focus on noticing unhelpful thoughts and habits, practicing new ways of responding, and building simple skills for everyday situations. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the approaches she uses to help identify thought patterns and test alternative responses.

Ashley also draws on mindfulness techniques to help people settle strong emotions and on motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies to set and reach short-term goals. Her background includes school counseling, community mental health, and telehealth work. She received a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University in 2011 and holds the LPC credential.

Clients looking for help with trauma may find her trauma-focused work relevant; she has experience supporting people through post-traumatic stress, domestic violence effects, and self-harm concerns. She has worked with issues such as panic, compulsions, abandonment, blended family dynamics, fatherhood challenges, and impulsivity.

Practical steps in sessions include mapping triggers, testing new behaviors between visits, and reviewing what worked. People are encouraged to complete brief goals and skills practice between sessions to track progress and adjust the plan as needed.

How CBT, client-centered work and mindfulness translate to online sessions