- Warm and direct
- Goal focused
- Career-aware
About Kathleen
Kathleen Murphy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 20 years of practice. She earned a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University and now works in Florida. She brings a warm, focused, and interactive approach to sessions and balances direct structure with compassion.
Her work adapts to each person’s situation. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps. She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral work and client-centered approaches to help with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and career concerns.
Murphy’s experience includes practice across different regions of the United States, which she says helped her understand cultural differences and life stages. She aims to treat people as individuals and to tailor sessions to personal values and needs. This includes attention to relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to aging.
Sessions typically mix talk, skill-building, and short exercises. Clients can expect guidance on managing emotions, improving communication, and creating action plans for life changes. She also addresses trauma, abuse, and recovery from relationship rupture with a steady, practical stance.
Her style is straightforward but kind. She works with people exploring identity and LGBT-related concerns, career decisions, or feelings of isolation and purpose. The overall aim is to help people find clearer direction and greater daily ease.
Her work adapts to each person’s situation. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps. She draws on methods like cognitive behavioral work and client-centered approaches to help with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and career concerns.
Murphy’s experience includes practice across different regions of the United States, which she says helped her understand cultural differences and life stages. She aims to treat people as individuals and to tailor sessions to personal values and needs. This includes attention to relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting concerns, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to aging.
Sessions typically mix talk, skill-building, and short exercises. Clients can expect guidance on managing emotions, improving communication, and creating action plans for life changes. She also addresses trauma, abuse, and recovery from relationship rupture with a steady, practical stance.
Her style is straightforward but kind. She works with people exploring identity and LGBT-related concerns, career decisions, or feelings of isolation and purpose. The overall aim is to help people find clearer direction and greater daily ease.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficulties
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy
Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and meeting each person where they are. It helps when someone needs a respectful space to talk through difficult choices and to clarify values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and is often useful for anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose or combine approaches based on goals and preferences. That choice can change over time as needs shift and as tangible progress or new issues emerge.
Confirm the current online session options before booking since specific formats are not stated here. Online therapy can help fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-in visits when needed, and making it easier to schedule around work or caregiving. It also lets people use spoken or written methods that feel most comfortable while working toward clearer day-to-day coping and concrete steps toward goals.
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem struggles, and career questions, among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, focused, interactive, and compassionate, with the ability to be structured and direct when helpful.
What kind of experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of experience and has worked in different regions of the United States, which informs her culturally sensitive approach.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.