About Erin
Erin Murphy is a counselor who uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and related approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions. She holds the LPCC credential and brings ten years of clinical experience in Kentucky. Erin offers practical, person-centered sessions that focus on what matters most to each person.
Erin frames sessions so the person leads the conversation. She listens without judgment and helps people notice what gets in the way of their values and goals.
Background and approach
Practical tools and short teachings are introduced when they fit the person's needs and preferences. Her background includes graduate study in counseling psychology and a separate master’s degree in philosophy. That mix informs a style that values clear thinking and attention to meaning as well as emotional coping skills.
She blends techniques from CBT and DBT with ACT and attachment-informed ideas. Erin has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and relationship or family struggles. She also supports people dealing with career stress, sleep problems, and chronic pain or illness.
Her practice aims to reduce shame, increase self-compassion, and strengthen communication skills. Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging during typical daytime and evening hours on weekdays. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the online dashboard.
Erin encourages questions before beginning work together.
How ACT and CBT translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and practice small, value-driven steps despite uncomfortable thoughts or feelings. Online ACT sessions focus on noticing unhelpful patterns and trying new behaviors that fit a person’s goals.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches skills to change unhelpful patterns. In remote sessions this often includes short skill practice, thought records, and homework between meetings to build new routines.
Attachment-Based Therapy brings attention to how early connections affect current relationships and emotional responses. It can help people improve communication, set boundaries, and repair trust in relationships through focused conversations and behavioral experiments.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked in the past. Together they choose strategies and adjust them over time so the work matches the person’s needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and teaching skills, while phone calls can fit into a break at work or require less bandwidth. Live chat or text messaging can be good for brief check-ins, step-by-step coaching, or quick skill reminders between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help people keep continuity when life gets busy.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English