About Deanna
Deanna Murray offers a steady, experienced presence for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or life transitions. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Deanna helps clients who are wrestling with relationship strains, low self-esteem, grief, addiction concerns, or the weight of trauma and abuse.
She approaches sessions with respect, sensitivity, and compassion to make the work feel manageable. Deanna is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, and brings 13 years of clinical experience in Texas.
How Deanna works
She adapts conversation and strategies to fit each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan. In a typical session she helps people name patterns, try practical changes, and make sense of painful memories. Her toolbox draws on client-centered work that centers the person’s goals, cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior, and emotionally-focused methods to clarify attachment and connection.
She also uses narrative and existential ideas to help people find meaning after loss or during a midlife shift. Deanna works with concerns that include family issues, communication problems, codependency, abandonment, fertility and fatherhood questions, and aging-related worries. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, infidelity, guilt and shame, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Deanna tailors pacing and tools so people can try changes between appointments and notice what helps. She supports clients seeking clearer direction, healthier relationships, and better emotional balance.
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What Deanna works with
The areas below are the ones Deanna selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
How Deanna’s Approaches Fit Online Care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person’s own goals. In an online session this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, asks clarifying questions, and helps set small, realistic steps between meetings.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Online CBT often uses short exercises and homework that can be discussed over video or messaging to build new habits and reduce anxious or depressive patterns.
Emotionally-focused work helps people identify and name strong emotions and the needs underneath them. That approach is useful for repairing connection, managing grief, and reducing relationship anxiety even when done remotely.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that fit their situation, and adjust based on what is helpful. Together they decide whether to emphasize listening, behavioral practice, or emotion-focused strategies.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls let people use visual cues and have deeper conversation. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are good for brief updates, tracking progress, or when someone prefers written reflection. These options make scheduling easier and help therapy fit around work, family, or travel.
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A practical next step
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