Heather Murphy
LCSW
New Hampshire
Supportive LCSW focusing on practical change
Continue with HeatherAt a glance
- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, New Hampshire / 2552
- NPI
- 1841646338
- Experience
- 13 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- New Hampshire
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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- Motivational approach
- Values driven work
- Skill building
About Heather
Heather Murphy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, career shifts, depression, relationship and family challenges, trauma, and parenting concerns. She also supports people with intimacy-related worries, eating and body image issues, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and other life transitions. Her tone is warm and straightforward and she aims to make the first step feel possible for people who are unsure where to begin.
She earned a Master of Social Work from Simmons College and a Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy from Emmanuel College. Over the past 13 years she has worked in a range of mental health settings, gaining hands-on experience with adolescents, adults, and family matters. That background informs how she structures sessions and what she brings into the room.
Her counseling style is interactive and down-to-earth. She blends kindness, humor, and creativity with clear, practical guidance. Sessions focus on building skills and tools you can use between meetings to handle stress, make decisions, and cope with change.
Heather uses a client-centered approach and draws on methods such as Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and elements of dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness. She emphasizes a collaborative relationship and helps people identify values, set goals, and take manageable next steps.
She encourages questions and aims to meet people where they are. If you want help sorting priorities, improving communication, or managing difficult feelings, she works alongside you to find approaches that fit your life.
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Approaches that guide online sessions
Heather commonly draws on Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. Motivational Interviewing focuses on helping people clarify their own reasons for change and strengthening motivation in a nonjudgmental way, which can be useful for decisions around career, health habits, or commitment issues. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) combines mindfulness and values work to help people accept difficult thoughts and take action toward what matters, often helping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy itself. Heather treats the process as a collaboration and will work with each person to identify which methods fit their goals, needs, and personal style. She adapts tools over time rather than using a single fixed plan.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing brief check-ins that fit a lunch break, and offering options when someone prefers not to be on camera. Licensed professionals can use the same practical exercises, homework, and values-based planning in virtual sessions as they do in person, helping people build skills and move toward their goals. -
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Relationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHDAdditional focus areas
Blended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issuesTherapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyInternal Family SystemsExperience
13+ years
Listed in
New Hampshire
Languages
English
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Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Heather supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, self-esteem concerns, relationship and family tensions, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, eating and body image issues, ADHD, and related life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, interactive, and practical. She blends kindness, humor, and creativity while focusing on skills and steps people can use between sessions.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of experience in mental health work and a Master of Social Work from Simmons College, with earlier training in art therapy from Emmanuel College.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in New Hampshire and practices with that credential in that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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