Tolana Murphy, LPC, LCPC

Arizona · 10 years in practice

Tolana Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a decade of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPC, Arizona: LPC-18434 · expires August 2027
LPCC, Kentucky: 292507 · expires December 2026
LPCC, Ohio: E.1700254 · expires July 2027
LPC, Alaska: 241689 · expires October 2027
LCPC, Idaho: 7871561 · expires November 2027
LPCC, Minnesota: 5134 · expires July 2026
LCMHC, Utah: 14230419-6004 · expires September 2026
LPC, Missouri: 2025038994 · expires June 2027
LPC, Wyoming: LPC-2466 · expires November 2027
LPC, Oregon: C10317 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1447649884 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Tolana

Tolana Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with a decade of clinical experience. She practices from Arizona and works with adults facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, depression, and trauma. Tolana keeps language direct and simple so people can understand what to expect in a session.

She draws on several evidence-based approaches, including EMDR, cognitive behavioral techniques, and acceptance strategies. Sessions focus on practical steps and coping skills so problems feel more manageable.

Background and approach

Tolana aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about what matters most. Her background includes work in intensive outpatient programs, inpatient detox, and community mental health settings. That experience shaped a steady, grounded style when a person is facing severe symptoms or big life changes.

She has helped people navigate grief, substance concerns, early psychosis, and long-standing mood or anxiety issues. Tolana uses a flexible approach instead of a single method. She listens first, then tailors techniques to fit a person’s goals and daily life.

That might mean skill-building, guided processing for trauma, or helping someone track unhelpful thinking patterns. Practical matters are part of the work. Tolana helps people set small goals, try new coping strategies between sessions, and refine what works over time.

Her aim is to make therapy feel useful and relevant to everyday life.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Tolana lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Approaches Tolana names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

EMDR is a method used to help process distressing memories and reduce their emotional charge, often useful for trauma and post-traumatic stress. In sessions this may include guided bilateral stimulation alongside careful processing of memories and reactions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and shifting behaviors that maintain distress. It works well for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday difficulties by practicing new skills and tracking progress between sessions.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be helpful when someone wants to make changes despite ongoing stress or uncertainty.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to a person’s goals and preferences, explain options, and try methods that fit. Together they decide what to continue or adapt as work proceeds.

Online sessions offer flexibility and practical convenience. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching between sessions, or a way to stay connected without scheduling a full call.

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Questions people ask

What difficulties does she help with?

Tolana works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting concerns, anger, self esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on issues such as postpartum depression, hoarding, aging and geriatric concerns, and women’s issues.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is pragmatic and person-centered. She listens first, then uses techniques from CBT, ACT, EFT, EMDR, and client-centered therapy to meet each person’s needs.

What experience does she bring?

She has ten years of clinical experience working in intensive outpatient care, inpatient detox, and community mental health. That background includes work with severe mental illness, substance use concerns, and trauma.

Where is she licensed and based?

She practices in Arizona and holds the credentials LPC and LCPC as documented.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats does she offer?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and payments handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are delivered via a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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