About Erin
Erin Murphy is an LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) based in Kentucky who uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and other practical approaches to help people manage anxiety, stress, and phobias. She practices in a person-centered way that centers the client's goals and strengths. Sessions are brief and focused so parents reading on a phone can quickly see how she works.
Erin keeps language plain and conversations practical. She mixes ACT ideas with cognitive-behavioral tools and mindfulness skills.
Background and approach
Sessions often include short teaching moments, experiments to try between meetings, and planning for small doable steps toward goals. She brings a decade of counseling experience and emphasizes respect for identity and difference. The work addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma, grief, ADHD, relationship struggles, and issues around intimacy and sexual diversity.
Erin aims to reduce stigma and help clients notice patterns that get in the way of daily life. Appointments are offered by phone, video call, live chat, or text messaging in formats that fit busy schedules. Typical sessions last 45 minutes Monday through Friday and can be scheduled through the site dashboard.
Erin holds graduate degrees from the University of Kentucky and offers straightforward, nonjudgmental support. She collaborates with each person to tailor techniques to their needs and to build small, sustainable changes over time.
How Erin blends therapy approaches for online care
Erin commonly brings Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into sessions. ACT focuses on clarifying personal values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life while learning to sit with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another tool she uses to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for anxiety, phobias, and mood concerns. Attachment-Based Therapy informs work on relationship patterns and trust, helping people understand how early connections shape current reactions.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Erin listens to each person's needs, goals, and preferences and combines ACT, CBT, or attachment-focused ideas as fits the situation. She invites clients to try techniques and then adjusts based on what helps in day-to-day life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversational work and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, shorter coaching-style support, or times when writing feels more comfortable. These options offer flexibility to fit work, caregiving, and busy schedules while keeping therapy practical and goal-oriented.
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What this therapist 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
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