About Marcus
Marcus Mccray is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on practical, evidence-based help for stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and self-esteem concerns. He uses plain language and straightforward guidance to help people change unhelpful thinking and build useful daily skills. Marcus encourages realistic, step-by-step goals and asks clients to try new actions between sessions.
Marcus draws on three years of work using trauma-informed and group therapy in his community.
How Marcus works
He centers conversation on each person's natural strengths and abilities. In sessions he offers honest feedback and concrete suggestions rather than jargon. That approach is meant to make therapy feel accessible and immediately useful.
People can expect a mix of talking, practical exercises, and goal setting. Marcus often challenges negative self-beliefs and supports new behavioral steps. He frames tasks so they are small and doable, helping clients notice change over time.
His additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication and commitment problems, and coping with divorce or separation. He also supports people dealing with addiction, first responder stress, and recovery after natural or human-caused disasters. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Marcus uses accessible language and enjoyable interventions to help people apply what they learn in real life.
What Marcus works with
The areas below are the ones Marcus selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Marcus uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and building practical skills. One common approach emphasizes identifying and shifting negative thinking patterns into more balanced, realistic thoughts to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach centers on trauma-informed practices that recognize how past stressful events affect current behavior and safety, and it offers stepwise ways to reduce reactivity and build coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Marcus will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. He explains options in simple terms and adjusts the plan as people try techniques and report what helps them most.
Online therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video helps preserve face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth, live chat works for shorter check-ins, and messaging lets people share updates between visits. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while still focusing on practical change.
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