Melissa Murray, LCSW, CSW

Melissa Murray is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Georgia. She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and brings 12 years of experience helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship concerns, and ADHD.

She offers straightforward, respectful care focused on the person in front of her. Sessions aim to be nonjudgmental and compassionate. Melissa works with each client to identify clear goals and practical steps toward them.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and narrative therapy. She uses these methods to help people manage emotions, change unhelpful thoughts, and rebuild connection with themselves and others.

Melissa has experience addressing a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety. She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and life transitions. Additional focus areas include autism and Asperger syndrome, codependency, gender dysphoria, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.

Therapy is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Melissa works with adults 18 and older and believes taking the first step is important. To begin, prospective clients follow the platform’s intake process and schedule sessions based on availability.

How these approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work focuses on patterns of closeness and trust, helping people notice how early relationships shape current interactions and emotional responses. It can help with relationship worries, intimacy problems, and repairing connection. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and understanding the person’s experience, creating space to reflect and decide what matters most. It is useful for building self-worth and finding direction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can include trying out different tools and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

This profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports consistent work on emotions, behaviors, and relationships from wherever you are, with the therapist guiding practical steps and skills between sessions.