Medical Family Therapist / Behavioral Health Consultant

Life can get hard sometimes.  Having someone to explore your health related difficulties, strategize solutions, heal relationships, help find resources, or understand and be understood by your medical providers, can make all the difference.

I have had a variety of experiences in life that have equipped me, in my work the Pain in the Rear View to help people with various challenges and goals:

• Able to file with the following health insurance plans: Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield (TX), Optum, and Medicare
• Serving as a contract Medical Family Therapist with Pain in the Rear View, LLC (helping people and their loved ones who struggle with pain, cancer, or other health issues)
• Bachelor of Business Systems Analysis (my geek-side) – Harding University, Searcy, AR
• Master of Marriage & Family Therapy (my people-helping side) – Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
• Health and Wellness Coaching training through Pain Coach Academy
• Working on a certificate program in medical behavioral health consulting.
• Married to Debbie Murphy who struggled for 20+ years of chronic pain following an auto accident (now a pain management coach)
• 2x cancer thriver – I seem to get cancer every 30 years.  I understand getting “the news”
• In spite of my cancer (or maybe because of it and my desire to live as healthy as possible, one-day-at-a-time), I’m a regular runner (ten half-marathons, one marathon)
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT TX #201856) since 2012
• Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach
• Instructor of coaches for Pain Coach Academy
• American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Clinical Fellow and member of AAMFT’s Family Therapists in Healthcare Network

• Charter Member – Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT)
• Member of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association

I’m here to explore various challenges or growth areas related to health issues:  relationship struggles, grief, depression, anxiety, health decisions, life goals, important decisions, strategy discussions related to care, treatment options, communications with providers.  All of these can be tackled with counseling/therapy with a coaching and collaborative mindset.