Addiction therapists & psychiatrists in Murfreesboro, TN

I am dedicated to providing an inviting and purposeful service for each client. I have been practicing therapy for 5 years. I have a background in using CBT, DBT techniques, solution focused practices.

Are you feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or simply not like yourself anymore? Perhaps you're constantly worrying, overthinking, avoiding situations that once felt manageable, or struggling to move beyond painful experiences. You don't have to figure it out alone.

I'm a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years of experience helping adolescents and adults navigate anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, depression, trauma, addiction, health-related concerns, and difficult life transitions. I especially enjoy helping people who feel trapped in cycles of fear, worry, avoidance, self-doubt, or unhealthy patterns affecting their relationships, confidence, and quality of life.

My approach goes beyond simply talking about your problems. I believe therapy should help you understand yourself more deeply while giving you practical tools to create lasting, meaningful change. Together, we'll identify what's keeping you stuck, work through difficult experiences, and develop strategies to help you feel more confident, capable, and in control.

My style is warm, compassionate, collaborative, and nonjudgmental. I tailor treatment to your needs using evidence-based approaches, including CBT, ACT, EMDR, exposure therapy, mindfulness, and Positive Psychology. As a health psychologist, I also recognize the important connection between emotional and physical well-being.

My experience spans private practice, psychiatric settings, substance use treatment, functional medicine, and college counseling. I earned my degrees from Northwestern University and the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and also teach graduate-level psychology courses.

You deserve to feel better, and meaningful change is possible. Whether you're hoping to overcome anxiety, heal from painful experiences, build confidence, or reconnect with yourself, my goal is to help you feel genuinely understood, supported, and empowered to move forward.

I am Victoria Cruse Motter, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with over 25 years of experience working with children, adolescents, and adults facing a wide range of issues, including family conflicts, anxiety, depression, ADHD, low self-esteem, sexual abuse, substance use, chronic stress, trauma and PTSD, and women’s issues. My background includes providing counseling in various settings, such as schools, autism centers, pre-schools, juvenile justice programs, and residential group homes for youth in CYS custody. I earned my Master's Degree in Counseling from Pennsylvania State University.

Hello and thank you for taking the time to reach out! Do you ever have those days when things are especially difficult?? When "Life is Lifing" as we say?? Many of the people that I meet and work with are looking for support with mental health, substance abuse, and/or management of traumatic events. I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker as well as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. I'm also a Mom of three and a dog Mom of two who likes to practice what I preach in my own life. As a strong believer in the mental/physical health connection, a lot of my focus is incorporating integrated health into our treatment approach. I also support an intimate hospice team in my area so I am comfortable having uncomfortable conversations about life. If you are interesting in giving therapy a shot, or just learning a bit more about my approach, feel free to reach out and we'll see where it takes us.

With over 20 years of experience in the mental health field, I've had the privilege of working across a wide range of treatment settings, including acute care, non-acute care, residential treatment, and outpatient therapy. I work with adolescents and adults and have experience providing individual and couples therapy.

My primary areas of focus include relationship counseling using the Gottman Method, chronic pain and chronic illness through Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), addiction treatment informed by the work of Dr. Carl Hart, and Borderline Personality Disorder using Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

In addition to these specialty areas, I frequently help clients navigate anxiety, panic attacks, depression, life transitions, adjustment disorders, parenting challenges, workplace stress, and the everyday demands that can leave us all feeling overwhelmed!

I am a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) with 20 years of nursing and nursing education experience. I offer both therapy and medication management so you can get the support you need in one place if that feels right for you.