About Murray
Murray Harvey is a counsellor who combines academic training with practical experience. He holds a Bachelor-level counselling degree and a master’s in psychology, and he is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). He presents himself plainly and aims to be honest and straightforward in sessions.
Murray says lived experience informs his practice. He has personally faced panic, anxiety, depression and substance use, and he uses that perspective to connect with people who are struggling.
How Murray works
He aims to listen without judgement and to meet people where they are. He describes a pluralistic style - that means he draws on different methods to suit each person. Sessions are shaped around what the client wants to achieve, and he checks in about direction and goals as therapy progresses.
Murray emphasises clear communication about how the work is going. He works well with anxiety-related problems and with people who prefer a direct, practical approach. Murray also offers support for stress, self-esteem, bipolar concerns and coping with life changes, alongside a range of related issues such as attachment difficulties, communication problems and caregiver stress.
On a personal note he enjoys music, walking his dog and ongoing study. He prefers to be open and honest in the room and aims to help people make meaningful changes over time. To begin, readers can use the platform matching process to find out if his style fits their needs.
Murray lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Murray works with
The areas below are the ones Murray selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Hearing impaired
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches and practical online therapy options
Murray draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how past relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people who notice repeating ways of relating and who want more stable connections. He also uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening, acceptance and helping the person find their own solutions. That style suits people who need a supportive, non-directive space to talk through feelings and make sense of choices.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Murray will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggest methods that fit. He treats the process as collaborative and will adjust the approach as needs change over time.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to give practical options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins and text messaging suits ongoing, flexible contact. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while keeping the focus on progress.
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