About Heather
Heather Murphy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, and life transitions. She writes and talks plainly, helping clients sort through what feels overwhelming and build tools for daily life. Heather brings warmth, steady presence, and a straightforward approach to sessions.
She earned a Master of Social Work from Simmons College and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy from Emmanuel College.
Background and approach
Over 13 years she has worked in a range of mental health settings, gaining experience with adults, adolescents, and family-related concerns. That background informs the way she tailors strategies to each person’s needs. Heather’s style is interactive and humanistic.
She blends client-centered care with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness practices. Sessions often include gentle reflection, skills practice, and down-to-earth coaching to manage symptoms and strengthen coping skills. Many people appreciate her mix of kindness, clear feedback, and occasional humor.
She aims to create a trusting space where clients can test new ways of responding to stress, work through grief, or reshape patterns that keep them stuck. Progress is approached step by step. Heather helps clients develop skills they can use outside sessions.
Whether the goal is better focus, less anxiety, improved communication, or finding meaning after loss, she works collaboratively to set realistic goals and track small changes over time.
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Heather often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and making changes when old habits get in the way.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors. CBT is practical and skill-based, and it can help with anxiety, depression, and focus difficulties associated with ADHD.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Heather will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and she adjusts methods so they fit the client's needs. This is a collaborative process where strategies are tried, reviewed, and refined.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations, phone sessions can be a good shorter check-in or when bandwidth is low, and messaging or live chat can support quick skill practice or ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- New Hampshire
- Languages
- English
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