Kathleen Murphy, LMHC

Kathleen Murphy is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with two decades of experience. She brings a warm, focused, and interactive style to sessions and adapts her approach to each person's needs. Kathleen helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, parenting challenges, and trauma and abuse concerns.

She earned a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University and is licensed in Florida as an LMHC. Over her career she has practiced in several states, which informs her sensitivity to different cultural backgrounds and life situations.

Kathleen uses a practical, multidimensional approach. She draws from client-centered methods to center each person’s priorities. She integrates cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and change patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.

Mindfulness and existential ideas are woven into sessions when helpful, offering ways to notice present experience and consider meaning and values. Motivational interviewing is used to support people who want to make changes but feel stuck or uncertain.

In session she aims to be direct when structure is needed and compassionate when people are processing pain. She invites collaboration on goals and works to tailor strategies to real life. The focus is on helping people cope with current struggles and build skills for moving forward.

How Kathleen’s approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person’s priorities. The therapist listens closely and tailors sessions to what matters most. This approach helps when someone needs a space to name concerns and choose goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It uses practical exercises to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression and can help with stress, grief, and relationship problems.

Mindfulness Therapy encourages noticing the present moment without judgment. Simple attention practices can reduce reactivity and support coping with strong emotions and ongoing stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kathleen will collaborate with each person to decide which combination of methods fits their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts methods over time as goals change.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a work break, or sessions that avoid travel time. Different formats also let people choose quieter surroundings or lower-bandwidth options when needed. Licensed professionals can use these options to help therapy fit practical schedules and daily routines.