About Karen
Karen Murphree is a licensed clinical social worker with three decades of practice. She brings a whole-person, strength-based approach and blends practical tools with creative methods. Her work emphasizes helping people find new ways forward when old patterns no longer fit.
She aims to meet clients where they are without judgment. Her background includes traditional psychotherapy and earlier training as an LPN. She has taken graduate-level courses in natural and alternative healing and completed a health coaching course, which informs her interest in food, sleep, and lifestyle factors that influence mood and behavior.
How Karen works
Karen combines this background with evidence-informed therapies to address emotional and behavioral concerns. Sessions may include visual imagery, music, art, guided meditation, movement, ritual, aromatherapy, and attention to sleep and nutrition alongside cognitive and behavioral strategies. She uses approaches such as attachment-based work, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, and EMDR methods when appropriate.
Karen also shares educational resources clients can use between sessions. She welcomes people with diverse identities and describes herself as LGBTQIA2S+ friendly, neurodivergent affirming, and accepting of polyamory and kink-positive clients. Karen views spirituality broadly and can help people explore their own sense of meaning outside organized religion.
Practicing in Montana, she offers sessions that blend creative expression with practical skill building. Her style is collaborative and respectful, focused on helping each person identify limiting beliefs and move toward sustainable change.
Karen lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Karen works with
The areas below are the ones Karen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Montana |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches online and how they help
Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current reactions. Online sessions can use conversation and guided exercises to help people notice and change those patterns over time.Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and meeting the person where they are. In this approach the therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they hear, and helps people clarify their own goals and values.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches practical skills for change. CBT online often includes worksheets, homework, and short skills practice between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adjust methods as needed. Many people benefit from a mix of approaches rather than a single method.
Online therapy here is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it simpler to schedule care around work, caregiving, or travel.
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