Therapy That Goes Beyond Coping Skills
Specialized telehealth therapy for OCD, anxiety, trauma, and BFRBs, built for adults who need focused treatment rather than generic coping advice. Licensed in Texas, Washington, and New Hampshire; registered for telehealth in Florida.
If your symptoms feel taboo, confusing, or exhausting, you do not have to make them sound acceptable before care can begin.
Free 15-minute fit call · No intake forms before the call · Confidential request
10+
Years of focused clinical work
3
Licensed in TX, WA, NH; FL telehealth
12-14
Small caseload, focused care
CLINICAL SPECIALTIES
If This Sounds Like You
Specialized therapy for patterns that usually need more than reassurance, insight, or coping skills.
OCD & intrusive thoughts
ERP-focused treatment for obsessions, reassurance loops, checking, mental rituals, and avoidance.
Anxiety and panic
Targeted care for worry, panic, health anxiety, and avoidance that has started shrinking life.
Trauma and PTSD
EMDR and trauma-focused care for memories, triggers, and body responses that still feel current.
BFRBs: skin picking & hair pulling
HRT-informed treatment for skin picking, hair pulling, nail biting, and urge-driven body-focused patterns.
HOW TREATMENT IS CHOSEN
Treatment Is Matched to What Keeps the Problem Going
The work starts by identifying what keeps the pattern alive, then choosing the treatment approach that targets that mechanism.
When OCD is running the loop
ERP targets rituals, reassurance, avoidance, and the need to get certainty before moving on.
When trauma keeps the past present
EMDR or trauma-focused work is paced around memory, safety, body responses, and stability.
When urges and habits maintain the problem
HRT and ComB-informed work target triggers, motor patterns, urges, and replacement responses.
When anxiety organizes life around avoidance
Treatment targets predictions, avoidance, escape patterns, and the rules anxiety has built into daily life.
ABOUT FELIX MURAD, LPC-S
The Work Is Rigorous. The Approach Is Human.
Felix works with adults whose symptoms have outgrown reassurance, open-ended processing, or generic coping skills. The work is structured and collaborative: identify the pattern, target what keeps it going, and practice differently.
More than a decade of focused clinical work shapes an approach that is direct without being cold, challenging without being careless, and tailored without becoming vague.
NEXT STEP
What the First Step Looks Like
The first step is a brief fit check, not a commitment to start therapy. View pricing.
1. Request a consultation
Share what you are looking for and request a brief fit call.
2. Clarify the fit
Ask questions, name the main concern, and get a clear sense of whether the approach fits.
3. Start with a clear plan
If therapy begins, the first sessions focus on assessment, priorities, and what has kept the problem stuck.
Questions That Usually Come Up Before Starting
A few honest answers before you decide whether to reach out.
What if I have tried therapy before and it did not help?
That matters, and it becomes part of the assessment. Sometimes therapy was supportive but not specific enough for OCD, anxiety, trauma, or BFRBs. Here, the work starts by identifying what kept the problem going and what previous therapy may have missed.
Do I have to schedule twice a week?
No. Session frequency depends on severity, goals, schedule, and what the work requires. Weekly therapy is common. Sometimes more frequent sessions can be useful, but that should be discussed clearly and never treated as a pressure tactic.
Will you keep contacting me or pushing me if I miss sessions?
No. This practice is direct, but it is not coercive. If you miss, pause, or step back, communication stays focused on logistics, clinical continuity, and safety when relevant. You will not be chased, guilted, or pressured into care.
Do I need to be in crisis for therapy to be worth it?
No. Many people reach out before things collapse because avoidance, rituals, panic, shame, or trauma responses have started taking too much space. Therapy can be worth it when a pattern is limiting your life, not only when it becomes an emergency.
Will I be judged for the thoughts I am having?
No. Intrusive, taboo, violent, sexual, religious, moral, or identity-related thoughts are treated clinically, not morally. The content of a thought is not treated as a confession. The focus is how the loop works and how you respond to it.
What if I am not sure I am ready yet?
That is a normal place to start. The consultation can be used to understand the approach and decide whether now is the right time. Readiness does not have to mean confidence; often it means being willing to look honestly at the pattern.
Will I be pushed into exposures I am not ready for?
No. Good ERP is planned and collaborative. Exposure practice is built around consent, rationale, and pacing. The work should challenge avoidance without turning therapy into a surprise test.
How do I know if you are the right fit for me?
The consultation is a fit check. You can ask about the approach, share what you are dealing with, and get a direct answer about whether this practice fits. If another level or type of care makes more sense, that will be named clearly.
Therapy Without Shame, Posturing, or Judgment
This practice is for adults who want structured, evidence-based therapy without having to shrink, translate, or justify the parts of life that shaped them. Identity, culture, religion, family systems, shame, and lived experience can be part of the clinical picture.
Respect is non-negotiable
This practice does not tolerate hate, racism, harassment, or dehumanization. Therapy here can be direct and challenging without becoming shaming.
Affirming care is clinical care
LGBTQIA+ clients are welcome and affirmed. Your identity is not treated as a side issue, a debate, or a problem to explain away.
Context comes into the room
BIPOC, multicultural, immigrant, veteran, religious, nonreligious, and historically marginalized clients are welcome. Culture, family systems, belief, and lived experience are part of the clinical picture.
The full person matters
Symptoms are never treated in isolation from identity, shame, values, relationships, history, and the cost of hiding. The work is structured because the whole person matters.
You will be asked to do real work here. You will not be asked to earn basic respect.
Ready for Treatment That Targets the Pattern?
If you want therapy that targets the pattern instead of circling it, request a consultation and we can clarify whether the fit is right.
Free 15-minute fit call · No intake forms before the call · Confidential request