Therapist profile
Meghan Murphy, LICSW
Massachusetts
LICSW in Massachusetts - Stress and Relationship concerns
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- CredentialsLICSW
- LicenseLICSW, Massachusetts / LICSW118525
- NPI1255731154
- Experience13 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationMassachusetts
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Family conflict
- Anger and grief
About Meghan
Meghan Murphy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Massachusetts with 13 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, address family conflict, and process trauma and abuse. She also supports clients working through grief and loss and a range of life transitions.
Meghan focuses on clear, practical conversation. Sessions tend to center on identifying patterns that keep problems going and developing straightforward ways to change them. She adapts how she talks and plans work to fit each person's situation and goals. This often includes short-term tools for immediate relief and longer-term strategies for deeper change.
Her experience includes working with relationship concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem struggles, depression, and coping with life changes. She also addresses ADHD-related challenges, compassion fatigue, and issues common to young adults and women. Additional areas she works with include postpartum and pregnancy-related concerns, fertility and caregiver stress, and social anxiety.
Meghan works with people across LGBT identities and those navigating blended family issues or autism-related needs. She describes herself as respectful and sensitive in how she engages with clients and adapts treatment plans to fit what each person needs.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. The practice uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and fees vary by location.
How sessions work
How evidence-based approaches guide online sessions
Meghan describes her work as grounded in evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach emphasizes skills training and behavioral techniques to reduce anxiety and manage stress. That kind of work teaches clear steps to interrupt patterns, handle strong emotions, and regain control of daily routines.Another strand focuses on processing traumatic experiences and the ways they affect current reactions. This approach uses careful, paced discussion to help people understand how past events shape present behavior and to build strategies that lessen their impact over time.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Meghan collaborates with clients to evaluate what feels helpful and adjusts methods based on each person’s goals and preferences. She balances immediate coping tools with strategies aimed at longer-term change so sessions stay practical and focused.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm the available online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals often use the flexibility of remote work to keep care consistent with everyday life.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem, depression, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses straightforward, practical conversation to identify unhelpful patterns and develop actionable strategies. Sessions blend short-term coping tools with longer-term planning.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional work experience in clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Massachusetts.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients located in Massachusetts.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.