About Heather
Heather Murphy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, and challenges with self-esteem and career direction. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, parenting strains, intimacy issues, eating and body-image concerns, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and major life changes. Heather writes plainly and meets people where they are.
Heather trained in social work and brings 13 years of experience in mental health settings.
Background and approach
She uses a warm, interactive style that mixes kindness, humor, creativity, and clear feedback. Sessions focus on practical skills, honest conversation, and small steps people can use right away. Her approach draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and client-centered principles.
That means clients learn ways to notice thoughts and feelings, shift unhelpful patterns, and commit to actions that match their values. Therapy can include short skills practice, reflective talk, and goal-oriented homework. Heather aims to build a trusting working relationship.
She values each person’s unique story and helps clients find tools that fit their life. Her background includes work across a range of clinical environments and with diverse concerns. Sessions are offered from New Hampshire and conducted in English.
Heather describes therapy as a partnership where the focus and pace are chosen together, so people leave with clearer plans and manageable next steps.
How Heather Uses Practical Approaches Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where values and motivation matter.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and problems with daily functioning by giving concrete tools to change patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Sessions are shaped together, so techniques are adjusted as needed rather than imposed.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow full face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when internet or bandwidth are limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, shorter or longer check-ins, and different ways to practice skills outside sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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