Murray Manus, LCSW

Murray Manus is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with nine years of professional experience. He draws on humanistic therapy and principles of positive psychology to emphasize clients' strengths and the aspects of themselves that are working well rather than concentrating on deficits. His therapeutic stance is consistently supportive, encouraging, and grounded in a hopeful outlook.

Murray concentrates primarily on helping people who experienced childhood trauma from ongoing abuse and neglect. He speaks from both professional training and personal history, having endured substantial emotional abuse and neglect during his own childhood and spent many years addressing the lasting effects of those experiences. That background contributes to a deep empathy and a clear understanding of the challenges survivors often face.

In sessions he focuses on assisting clients to rediscover and clarify their core self - the parts of themselves that were hidden to survive difficult environments. He helps clients identify buried needs, wants, and desires, and supports them in making choices that reflect those authentic priorities. The therapeutic aim is to address emotional wounds so they no longer limit daily life or remain governed by the internalized fear of a past abuser.