About Megan
Megan Murphy is a licensed clinical social worker in California who focuses on practical, evidence-informed therapy. She meets people where they are and helps them find tools to handle trauma, grief, depression, ADHD, and work-related stress. Megan emphasizes small steps and clear goals so progress feels manageable.
She has seven years of experience supporting people through painful life events. Her work emphasizes understanding how past hurt affects current choices and feelings.
Background and approach
Megan helps people notice unhelpful patterns and try new ways of coping that fit their life. In sessions she listens closely and asks straightforward questions. Conversations are goal-oriented and paced by each person’s comfort.
She uses approaches that rely on proven techniques to reduce symptoms and build new skills. Megan also addresses related concerns like attachment and abandonment issues, guilt and shame, body image, and impulsivity. She supports people coping with caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and career or money worries.
The focus is always on practical changes that improve day-to-day life. To begin, Megan encourages a simple first step: share what’s most pressing and what you hope to change. From there she and the person work together to set short-term goals and useful homework.
Over time those small changes can reshape routines and reduce distress.
Evidence-based approaches for online care
Megan uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on changing thoughts and behaviors and on processing painful experiences. One approach helps people learn specific skills to manage mood swings, panic, and impulsive urges through structured exercises and practice. Another approach focuses on understanding how past wounds and attachment patterns shape current relationships and reactions, helping people rewrite unhelpful patterns.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Megan will ask about your goals, life context, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Then she and the person try methods that match those needs and adjust the plan based on what feels useful and doable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls are useful for in-depth conversation and reading nonverbal cues. Phone sessions work well when video is not possible or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text let people check in more often, handle short updates, or fit therapy into a busy day. These options make it easier to keep consistent work on goals while balancing other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English