About Steven
Steven Murphy is a licensed clinician with 15 years of experience helping people face painful life moments. He practices as an LPC and LCPC and focuses on relationship strain, grief and loss, parenting challenges, career transitions, and compassion fatigue. He aims to make first steps toward change feel manageable and supported.
Mr. Murphy creates a calm space where clients can talk through difficult feelings. He encourages honest conversation about what matters and listens for patterns that create stress.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on small, practical steps people can try between meetings. He often addresses attachment and abandonment concerns and helps people rebuild trust in relationships. Communication problems and control issues are explored with techniques that aim to reduce reactivity and improve understanding.
For parents he offers help with setting limits, reducing overwhelm, and restoring routine. Clients also bring work and money worries, questions about life purpose, and intense feelings like guilt, shame, or panic. He works with mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and caregiver stress by breaking problems into manageable pieces.
The goal is clearer thinking and steadier behavior in daily life. Sessions are offered in English and Mr. Murphy accepts international clients.
He practices with a straightforward, practical style that values clarity, empathy, and follow-through. People who want a calm, steady guide often find this approach helpful.
Evidence-Based Techniques and Online Care
Steven Murphy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on real-world change. One common approach he applies helps people break big problems into smaller, manageable steps and teaches practical skills for handling strong emotions and panic. Another approach concentrates on attachment and communication patterns, helping clients notice how past relationships shape current reactions and practice clearer ways to connect.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their style, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients are invited to give feedback and shape the work as it progresses.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video allows full face-to-face conversation for in-depth work. Phone calls can be easier when lower bandwidth or less setup is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, short coaching, or people who prefer typed communication. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Maryland, South Carolina
- Languages
- English