About Joseph
Joseph Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health Service Provider (LPC-MHSP) practicing in Tennessee with 20 years of experience. He frames his work around respect, sensitivity, and compassion while keeping his practice consistent with a Christian worldview. He emphasizes patience and steady support during change.
He helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and depression. He also addresses obsessive thoughts and compulsions, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping and eating concerns, and parenting strain.
How Joseph works
Workplace stress, self-esteem, and career questions are included among his focus areas. His primary methods draw on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. He also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotional regulation and mindfulness techniques to build awareness.
Motivational interviewing and client-centered listening guide how he works with each person. Sessions are geared toward practical steps and steady encouragement. He expects clients to do most of the active work while he offers structure and feedback.
That way progress is measurable and rooted in real-life changes. Joseph often supports people coping with major life shifts, caregiver strain, panic or phobias, and patterns of impulsivity. He combines clear, practical tools with an accepting stance to help people move forward.
Joseph lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Joseph works with
The areas below are the ones Joseph selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC-MHSP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and clarifies personal goals so sessions can match what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers clear exercises to change patterns that cause distress. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness; it can be helpful for mood swings, impulsivity, and high stress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide what methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can start in the first few sessions and be adjusted over time as progress and challenges emerge.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and do longer therapy sessions. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging works for brief check-ins, skill practice, or people who prefer text. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep work moving between sessions.
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