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- Stress and anxiety
- Family and parenting
- Grief and trauma
About Meghan
LICSW in Massachusetts with 13 years of clinical experience, Meghan Murphy focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, trauma and abuse, and grief. She works with people facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, depression, and burnout related to caregiving or compassion fatigue. Sessions are conducted in English.
Meghan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps sessions practical and direct. She listens to what is most pressing and helps people identify manageable next steps. Conversations explore how symptoms show up in daily life and what small changes might reduce distress.
Her background includes long-term work supporting people through major life changes and trauma recovery. That experience informs a paced approach that balances skill-building with space to process difficult feelings. Meghan attends to both immediate coping needs and longer-term patterns that keep problems recurring.
Meghan often helps people clarify relationship and family dynamics, set boundaries, and develop communication strategies. She also supports those dealing with fertility, pregnancy and childbirth concerns, postpartum depression, and blended family issues. Practical problem solving is a common focus alongside emotional processing.
People who come for anxiety or social phobia work on thinking patterns, exposure to feared situations, and strategies to reduce avoidance. For grief and loss, sessions focus on meaning, routines, and managing reminders. Meghan frames therapy as collaborative work where goals are revisited as progress unfolds.
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How evidence-based approaches work in online sessions
Meghan lists evidence-based therapeutic techniques as her foundation. That usually means using approaches that teach specific coping skills, such as cognitive strategies to notice and shift unhelpful thinking, and exposure-based steps to reduce avoidance in anxiety and social phobia. These methods help with worry, panic, and fears that limit daily activities.She also focuses on practical emotion processing for trauma and grief. This involves paced discussion of painful memories, identifying triggers, and building routines and skills to manage strong emotions between sessions. These steps aim to reduce the intensity of reactions and make day-to-day functioning easier.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Meghan works with people to match tools to their needs and preferences rather than prescribing a single method.
The original biography does not specify which session formats are offered, so confirm current session options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. If you prefer a particular rhythm of sessions or have scheduling constraints, mention that when you complete the matching questionnaire so format and timing can be discussed.
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Areas of expertise
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, and related issues such as compassion fatigue, ADHD, and relationship strain.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and keeps sessions practical, focusing on skill building and processing difficult feelings in everyday terms.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with people on a range of concerns including trauma recovery and life transitions.
What are her credentials and location?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Session cost varies by location and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the urgent help numbers.