Tolana Murphy, LPC, LCPC
Practical support for everyday parenting and life challenges
Book with Tolana- Years in practice
- 10
- Credentials
- LPC, LCPC
- Licensed in
- Arizona, Kentucky, Ohio, Alaska, Idaho, Minnesota, Utah, Missouri, Wyoming, Oregon
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Tolana
Tolana Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LCPC) with ten years of clinical experience. She works in Arizona and supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and parenting concerns. Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, aimed at helping people manage day-to-day challenges.
Tolana draws from several evidence-based methods and adapts them to each person's needs. Sessions focus on clear goals, simple strategies, and steady progress.
Background and approach
She listens first, then offers tools that fit a person’s life and values. Clients can expect a mix of skill-building and emotional processing. That might include learning new ways to cope with intense feelings, practicing techniques to improve sleep and eating habits, or addressing patterns that affect self-esteem and relationships.
Tolana also supports people dealing with postpartum depression, grief, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and life changes. Her background includes work in intensive outpatient settings, inpatient detox, and community mental health. She has experience supporting people through psychotic episodes, severe mental illness, and medication-assisted treatment.
Those roles helped her learn to work calmly during high-stress moments. In sessions she emphasizes collaboration and small, manageable steps. Tolana helps people clarify priorities, set realistic goals, and try strategies between meetings.
She encourages parents to find what fits their daily routines and values while navigating the stresses of caregiving and family life.
What Tolana works with
Everything Tolana lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Tolana helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Hoarding
- Life purpose
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Approaches Tolana lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to a person and taking small committed steps toward those values. It helps with anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and life transitions by teaching skills to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep difficulties, eating concerns, and mood challenges. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a method used to process traumatic memories; it helps reduce the intensity of distress tied to past events and can be useful for trauma and post-traumatic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Tolana will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can change over time as sessions reveal what helps most, so treatment is flexible and responsive.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is good for a full session with visual cues, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep appointments, try techniques between sessions, and balance therapy with parenting and work demands.
Questions people ask about Tolana
What concerns does Tolana commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting challenges, and related issues like sleep, eating, and self-esteem.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is down-to-earth and collaborative. She combines listening with practical tools and short-term goals.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has ten years of clinical experience, including work in intensive outpatient care, inpatient detox, and community mental health settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds LPC and LCPC credentials and practices in Arizona.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can occur via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How is cost handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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