Ashley Murphy, LPC

Ashley Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina. She brings 22 years of experience in mental health work and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and trauma. She also supports parents facing family strain and those dealing with relationship and parenting challenges.

Murphy uses a person-centered approach that treats the client as the expert on their life. She listens first, then offers guidance that fits each person's goals and pace. This often involves practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and habits.

Her background includes work in community settings, schools, and telehealth. She earned a Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Webster University in 2011 and holds the LPC credential in South Carolina. She was named School Mental Health Counselor of the Year in 2021.

In sessions she draws from mindfulness practices to help with grounding and emotional regulation. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods are also part of her toolbox when clients want clear, goal-oriented steps. Together these approaches aim to reduce overwhelming reactions and build day-to-day coping skills.

Ashley commonly addresses concerns such as panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, impulsivity, abandonment issues, blended family stress, domestic violence impacts, fatherhood concerns, post-traumatic stress, and self-harm thoughts. She frames work as collaborative coaching and therapy to help people regain perspective and move toward their goals.

How Ashley’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s pace. The therapist reflects what a person says and helps them discover their own solutions, which works well in conversation-based online sessions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits. Online sessions can use CBT to practice new thought patterns, break down problems, and assign simple exercises between meetings.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept away by them. Short guided mindfulness practices can be used during online appointments to build steady habits for stress and anxiety management.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort. That decision is revisited as progress is made so the work stays focused and practical.

If you are considering online options, confirm the current session formats before booking since those details are set by the practice. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also supports continued work when life events make in-person meetings difficult, while keeping the focus on developing habits that carry over into everyday life.