Courtney Murphy, LCSW

Courtney Murphy is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping people navigate relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. She approaches each person with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Courtney aims to make the first steps toward change feel manageable and supported.

In sessions she listens for what matters most to the client and adapts conversation and planning to fit those needs. She helps people name painful patterns like abandonment fears, attachment struggles, control issues, and isolation. She also addresses concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, impulsivity, and relationship communication problems.

Courtney works with people facing divorce or separation and those coping with guilt, shame, or unresolved trauma. She offers practical ways to manage panic attacks and panic disorder symptoms, and support for life purpose questions and midlife crisis moments.

Her style is collaborative and steady. She balances direct feedback with empathy and aims to build small, achievable steps that feel realistic in daily life. Sessions focus on clear goals so progress can be noticed between visits.

Clients can expect a respectful, down-to-earth space to talk through tough decisions and painful emotions. Courtney frames challenges as problems to be worked on together and helps people discover actions that fit their values and daily routines.

Evidence-based techniques and how they work online

Many evidence-based therapeutic techniques focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building new skills. One common approach helps people identify and shift thoughts and behaviors that keep anxiety and depression active. It teaches practical strategies to manage worry, reduce avoidance, and try small behavioral changes that feel doable.

Another helpful approach concentrates on attachment and relational patterns. This style looks at how early relationship experiences shape current trust, communication, and fears of abandonment. Work in this area often involves practicing new ways of asking for needs and handling conflict calmly.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with clients to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve. Plans are revisited and adjusted as progress is made so the approach stays useful.

Please confirm the currently offered session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow people to check in from wherever they are. Some formats also make it simpler to have shorter check-ins when schedules are tight or to avoid being on camera when that helps someone stay focused.