About Jessica
Jessica Murphy helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, and problems with self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with grief, eating and body image concerns, anger, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and major life changes. Jessica is an LPC with 20 years of experience in behavioral health.
She draws on several practical approaches in sessions. Jessica uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and build alternative thinking.
How Jessica works
She incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and coping. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered methods shape how she explores relationship patterns and emotional needs. Her work has included time in community, residential, and outpatient settings.
That background gave experience with people facing addiction, panic attacks, OCD, mood disorder symptoms, dissociation, and PTSD. She has also worked with survivors of intimate partner violence and people struggling with codependency. Sessions focus on clear skills and steady progress.
Jessica aims to create a space where someone can talk through difficult history and current problems without feeling rushed. She offers tools for recovery from substance issues and ways to reduce stress and increase a sense of strength. People come for short-term problem solving or longer work on deep patterns.
Meetings are collaborative - she listens, reflects, and suggests practical exercises you can try between sessions. Her goal is to help clients feel more capable managing symptoms and life changes.
Jessica lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Jessica works with
The areas below are the ones Jessica selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Arizona |
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Online support options
Therapeutic options online and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that reflect their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck by teaching ways to move forward even when emotions are intense. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for anxiety, panic, obsessive thoughts, and low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, provides practical skills for managing strong emotions and improving frustration tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. It is often used when emotion regulation and crises are a concern.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help you decide which methods fit your goals and situation, and she will adjust techniques as progress is made. That collaborative planning puts your needs and preferences at the center of sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions reduce the need for bandwidth and can be a simpler check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and family demands while using the approaches described above.
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