Austa Murray, LCSW
Therapist in Illinois
Austa Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges.
- License 149.010100 · Illinois Expires November 2027
- NPI 1932750775 · national registry
- Experience and languages 22+ years in practice English
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About Austa
Austa Murray is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges. She offers calm support for grief, anger, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and major life changes. Austa uses straightforward talk and practical skills to help people feel steadier in day-to-day life.
Her approach is warm and nonjudgmental. She focuses on building a strong connection and moving at a pace that feels comfortable.
Background and approach
Sessions often include listening, developing coping skills, and using clear explanations to help clients understand what’s happening for them. Austa draws on Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors.
The Gottman Method is part of her toolkit when relationship communication and interaction patterns are a focus. Work in sessions is practical and collaborative. Clients can expect skill practice, new ways of talking about problems, and steps to try between meetings.
Austa helps people set focused goals and track small changes over time. Her style blends insight with hands-on techniques. She supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, blended family strain, caregiver stress, codependency, and other concerns that often sit alongside mood or trauma symptoms.
Austa practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English.
Credentials
- LCSW (Illinois)
- License 149.010100 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1932750775 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Austa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Austa names
- Gottman Method
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the approaches Austa names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
How Austa Brings Therapy Online with Practical Approaches
Austa commonly uses the Gottman Method to address communication patterns and interaction styles in relationships, focusing on concrete skills to improve how people relate to each other. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore how early relationship experiences shape current emotional responses and closeness, which can help with issues like abandonment, attachment concerns, and intimacy struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and provides tools to change mood and reduce anxiety through steps you can try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. That means trying things out, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than committing to a single method up front.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging work well for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue care from different locations.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Austa help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting challenges, grief, anger, ADHD, and related concerns such as abandonment, attachment issues, caregiver stress, and codependency.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate, nonjudgmental, and educational. Sessions combine listening, insight, and practical skill building at a pace set by the client.
What is her professional background and experience?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of experience across individual and group work and multiple mental health settings.
Where is she based and what are her credentials?
She practices in Illinois and holds an IL LCSW credential as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She sees clients using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are sessions scheduled and what does cost look like?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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