About Marea
Marea Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 36 years of experience supporting people facing anxiety, stress, trauma, and concerns about sexuality and identity. She offers straightforward, practical help and listens closely to each person's story. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at making therapy feel usable in day-to-day life.
Over a long career she has worked with people coping with relationship strain, codependency, depression, and post-traumatic stress.
Background and approach
She also addresses issues such as self-esteem, social anxiety, body image, and the effects of prejudice and discrimination. Marea draws on several therapy styles to meet the needs that show up in sessions. Her methods include client-centered ways of working that focus on each person's perspective and strengths.
She uses mindfulness practices to help calm the nervous system and somatic techniques to bring awareness to how the body holds stress. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused tools are used to set small, achievable steps forward. Marea offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different rhythms and preferences.
Appointments are typically scheduled on weekdays. She aims to create an atmosphere where practical progress and emotional safety can coexist. People often start by sharing what feels most urgent, then map out a few immediate steps.
Over time the work can shift toward longer-term patterns such as family of origin issues, life purpose, or recovering from past abuse.
How client-centered and mindfulness approaches work online
Marea commonly uses client-centered therapy to center each person's experience. This approach begins by listening and reflecting so goals arise from what matters to the person. It suits concerns like anxiety, relationship stress, and questions about sexuality.She also incorporates mindfulness practices to help reduce anxious thoughts and bring attention to the present moment. Simple breath and grounding exercises can be taught and practiced during sessions to manage stress and improve focus. Somatic techniques may be used to notice how stress appears in the body and to learn gentle ways to release tension.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to try methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust as progress unfolds. Sessions often mix listening, skill-building, and short homework tasks designed to create change between meetings.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief reflections, quick coaching, and staying connected between longer sessions. These options help people make therapy fit work, caregiving, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Family of origin issues
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 36 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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