About Davina
Davina Murray helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to begin. She opens sessions with calm attention and focuses on practical steps that fit each person’s life. Davina names strengths clients already have and uses those strengths to guide change.
She is a licensed professional clinical counselor, LPCC, based in Ohio with 17 years of experience. Her approach centers on listening first. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and asks questions to clarify what matters most.
How Davina works
Sessions often include simple tools to manage mood, anger, or anxiety and ways to build confidence over time. Davina draws from client-centered work and cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy to teach coping skills for strong emotions.
Mindfulness practices are offered to help reduce reactivity and increase focus. She commonly helps people dealing with depression, low self-esteem, life changes, ADHD, and anger. Additional areas of focus include caregiver stress, communication problems, feelings of emptiness, impulsivity, loneliness, and questions about life purpose.
Davina pays attention to cultural context and multicultural concerns when they are important to the person. Sessions aim to be straightforward and usable between meetings. Homework tends to be small and practical, such as short behavioral experiments or brief mindfulness exercises.
The overall goal is clearer choices and more steady mood and motivation. People who want a collaborative, down-to-earth counselor will find a direct and supportive style in her work. She encourages steady progress and adjusts the plan as needs change.
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What Davina works with
The areas below are the ones Davina selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Client-centered work focuses on listening and responding to what each person says. It helps people feel heard and directs the pace and goals of therapy based on their priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. These methods can be used together to make short, practical changes.Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. The therapist will collaborate with the person to decide which approaches fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That plan can change as progress is made or new challenges appear, and the therapist checks in regularly to adjust the work.
Online formats offer flexibility for different routines and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and detailed conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life.
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