Jessica Murph, LMFT

Jessica Murph is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship strain. She uses an affirming, sex-positive approach and aims to make therapy feel respectful and practical. Jess presents herself as queer and uses she/her pronouns. She works primarily with survivors of sexual assault, emotional manipulation, and mental abuse. Her practice focuses on people who are neurodivergent, including those with ADHD and autism, and she adapts sessions to fit individual needs. She also addresses issues like addiction, parenting stress, sleep and eating concerns, and coping with life changes. Her style draws on client-centered and family systems thinking. That means she listens for what matters in relationships and patterns that repeat over time. Therapy sessions often involve talking through difficult memories, spotting unhelpful thinking, and trying new ways of relating to oneself and others. Jessica integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), attachment-based ideas, and the Gottman Method where helpful. She also uses approaches that support body image and eating concerns, such as Intuitive Eating and Health at Every Size principles. Based in Texas with seven years of clinical experience, she describes her work as collaborative and grounded in respect. The aim is steady progress: learning coping skills, building boundaries, and improving relationships while honoring each person’s identity and values.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and situations where avoidance gets in the way of living a meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches practical skills to spot and change unhelpful thinking and behaviors, which often helps with mood, sleep, and anxiety problems. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions; it can help when relationship patterns or attachment wounds fuel distress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

The biography does not list specific online session formats here, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people join from different Texas locations without leaving home. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, worksheets, and behavioral experiments for remote sessions so practical skill-building continues between appointments.