Tolana Murphy, LPC, LCPC

Tolana Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Arizona and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LCPC). She brings ten years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, grief, depression, and major life shifts. Her approach aims to be practical and straightforward for busy parents and adults who need clear help.

She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, emotionally-focused work, and client-centered care. In sessions she focuses on concrete steps people can try between meetings. That might include practicing new ways of thinking, building small habits, or learning emotional skills to ease intense moments.

Her background includes work in outpatient programs, inpatient detox settings, and community mental health. She has supported people facing psychotic episodes, substance misuse, and persistent mood or anxiety symptoms. This range shaped her focus on problem-solving and real-world coping skills.

Tolana keeps sessions collaborative and direct. She listens for what matters most and then helps clients set achievable goals. Therapy conversations are geared toward making life easier day to day and toward longer-term change when people want it.

Sessions are offered in English and provided online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Tolana works with adults on concerns like parenting stress, career strain, relationship and intimacy issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, postpartum depression, aging concerns, and grief.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. It often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and problems that respond to step-by-step behavior changes.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck on them. It emphasizes values-based actions, which can help when life changes or when someone feels stuck about purpose or career direction.

Client-centered therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience and priorities. The therapist offers empathic listening and reflection to help clients clarify goals and make decisions about relationships, parenting, or coping with grief.

Tolana treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with clients about their goals and try methods that fit their preferences. Together they decide whether to emphasize skill-building, acceptance work, or reflective sessions based on how a person responds.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and seeing nonverbal cues. Phone calls can fit a short break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are good for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when typing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule.