Kathleen Murphy, LMHC

Kathleen Murphy is a licensed mental health counselor with 20 years of experience. She brings a warm, focused, and interactive approach to sessions. Kathleen aims to be direct when needed while staying compassionate and respectful. She works from Florida and conducts sessions in English.

Kathleen adapts therapy to each person's needs. She shapes sessions around practical goals and clear steps. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Her background includes a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University in California. Work across different states has given her experience with many cultural perspectives and life situations.

In sessions she mixes client-centered listening with strategies from mindfulness and motivational interviewing. That means clients spend time talking through what matters while also practicing skills to manage stress, anxiety, or low mood.

She helps with a wide range of concerns including grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, career questions, and self-esteem. Kathleen also addresses trauma and abuse, anger, and life transitions. Her additional focus areas include caregiver stress, abandonment concerns, and family of origin issues.

People can expect a collaborative process that balances empathy with structure. Kathleen works to set clear, achievable steps so changes feel manageable. She invites clients to define their goals and to move at a pace that fits their life.

How Kathleen Uses Practical Approaches Online

Kathleen commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, or stress. CBT sessions often include goal setting, skill practice, and simple experiments to test new ways of thinking.

She also practices client-centered therapy which focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. That approach helps people feel heard and helps guide the choices they make about what to work on. Existential ideas are sometimes used to look at life purpose and meaning when those concerns come up.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in about what is and isn’t helpful and adjusts the plan together as progress or obstacles appear.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work visually from home or another quiet place. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or be easier when bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, reflections between sessions, or a different way to process thoughts when writing feels better. These options make it simpler to maintain steady work on goals despite busy schedules.