About Murray
Murray Manus uses a human-centered approach to therapy that builds on strengths and resilience. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who brings nine years of clinical experience to his work. Murray focuses on trauma, relationships, and self-esteem while staying positive and encouraging in session.
Murray draws on Attachment-Based Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people reconnect with their emotional needs. He integrates Client-Centered and mindfulness ideas so sessions feel grounded and practical.
How Murray works
Conversations are aimed at helping someone notice patterns, name feelings, and try new ways of relating to themselves and others. He has personal experience with childhood emotional abuse and neglect, and that history shapes his empathy and understanding. He uses that perspective to help people who grew up hiding parts of themselves begin to find and own their core self.
Murray helps people identify buried needs, wants, and desires that were set aside to survive early harm. Sessions focus on practical steps toward feeling steadier and more in charge of decisions. He addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, communication problems, guilt and shame, isolation, and midlife or identity concerns.
Murray also offers support around aging, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and questions of gender and identity. Work with him is collaborative and paced to the person. He helps clients work toward clearer relationships with themselves and others, reduce self-criticism, and build a life that better matches their values and wants.
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What Murray works with
The areas below are the ones Murray selected when setting up a profile. The first one is listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Attachment-informed approaches for online healing
Murray commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach looks at how people connect, the needs behind their behavior, and ways to form more stable bonds in adult life. He also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people identify and shift the emotional responses that keep them stuck in painful cycles. EFT focuses on real-time feelings in relationships and helps create new ways of responding that feel safer and more connected.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Murray will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try methods that match those aims. He works collaboratively, adjusting pace and techniques based on feedback and what is actually helping someone make changes in daily life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and use a fuller conversational format, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit during a break. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing reflection, and quick problem-solving between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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