Valisa Murray

Valisa Murray is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) based in Michigan with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on relationship struggles, intimacy and sexual concerns, self-esteem, coping with life changes, parenting stress, career questions, and issues around compassion fatigue and life purpose.

She uses straightforward, practical methods to help people untangle patterns that keep them stuck. Valisa draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also integrates the Gottman Method with couples to improve communication and reduce recurring conflict.

In sessions she offers concrete tools and short exercises clients can try between meetings. That can look like restructuring a thought that fuels anxiety, practicing a specific conversation script, or planning a focused behavior experiment at work or home. The aim is useful, repeatable steps rather than abstract talk.

Valisa also provides coaching and workshop facilitation in addition to counseling. She works with people navigating blended family issues, infidelity, non-monogamous relationship questions, and workplace stress. She is available to discuss how life purpose and self-love can fit into practical plans for daily life.

People who reach out can expect a collaborative approach that tracks progress and adjusts tools when something isn’t working. To begin, visitors are asked to use the site’s matching process and schedule a first session so goals and logistics can be clarified.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions

Valisa uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of progress. CBT sessions often include short exercises, simple behavioral experiments, and practical homework to try between meetings.

The Gottman Method is applied when couples want to improve communication and reduce recurring fights. In that work she focuses on clear interaction skills, repair attempts, and small daily practices couples can use to feel less stuck together.

Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set immediate, achievable goals and identify existing strengths. This approach helps clients see what already works and build on it with brief, targeted steps.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will review options with clients and decide together which methods match goals and preferences. That collaborative selection can shift as progress is tracked.

Session logistics and formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current online session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy life by removing travel, allowing shorter check-ins, or letting people schedule sessions between work or family obligations. These practical benefits often help integrate therapy into everyday routines.