About Caroline
Caroline Murray is a licensed clinical mental health counselor who brings 20 years of experience to her practice in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and self-esteem struggles. She also supports those facing career pressure, relationship concerns, and major life changes.
Her sessions are person-centered and practical. She listens first, then helps clients identify patterns that get in the way of daily functioning. Together they build small, manageable steps to reduce distress and increase coping skills.
Background and approach
Caroline blends a few well-established approaches to match each client's needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed action. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and habits and incorporates mindfulness practices for calmer moment-to-moment awareness.
Her work often includes handling complex issues such as chronic pain, caregiver stress, and substance-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with divorce, communication problems, guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness. The goal is to create realistic strategies that fit a person’s daily life.
Caroline aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and steady progress toward goals. She works with each person at their own pace and adjusts methods as needs change.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then take steps that match their values. This approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and navigating life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thinking and replaces it with practical strategies for behavior change, which helps with anxiety, anger, and self-esteem concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm in daily life.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest a combination that fits their situation. Clients and therapist adjust methods as progress is made so the plan stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier on days when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, skill reminders, or when a written format feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, and other daily routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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