About Courtney
Courtney Murphy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience helping people work through anxiety, grief, relationship concerns, and life transitions. She practices from New York and speaks English. Courtney emphasizes steady support and practical care in sessions.
Her style is direct and compassionate. She listens first, then helps set clear steps to manage symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning. Conversations are shaped around what a person needs right now, whether that means short-term coping tools or a longer plan for change.
Background and approach
Courtney works with common but painful problems such as panic attacks, depression, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation or shame. She also helps people facing divorce, attachment or abandonment wounds, and questions about life purpose in midlife. Body image, guilt, and forgiveness are addressed with respect and attention to the person’s pace.
Sessions focus on practical strategies and emotional processing. Clients may practice new communication skills, learn ways to reduce panic and anxiety, or work through grief and losses at a manageable pace. The therapist adapts the approach when control issues, impulsivity, or trauma reactions come up.
People who choose Courtney often want a steady clinician who offers calm guidance and realistic goals. She supports clients in making usable changes and in building habits that ease stress and improve relationships over time.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Courtney uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques aimed at reducing anxiety and improving day-to-day functioning. One common approach focuses on practical skills to manage panic and anxiety, teaching breathing and grounding exercises plus step-by-step exposure to feared situations when appropriate. Another approach centers on addressing grief and loss through guided conversations that allow a person to process emotions and develop routines that support healing. Choosing the right technique is a collaborative process. Courtney will discuss your concerns, goals, and preferences and adapt methods over time. Together you’ll try strategies, review what helps, and shift plans so the work fits your life and leads to manageable progress. Online sessions offer flexibility and multiple ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skill practice and nuanced discussion. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging can be helpful for quick reflections, check-ins between sessions, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and other commitments.Questions people ask
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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