About Samantha
Samantha Murphy, LICSW, helps people manage anxiety and daily stress. She listens with care and guides clients toward small, practical steps. Her style is warm and straightforward.
She aims to make sessions feel calm and focused so people can talk about what matters most to them. She uses simple tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot thinking patterns that keep anxiety and low mood going. She also draws on mindfulness practices so clients can notice their reactions without getting swept up by them.
Background and approach
Motivational interviewing techniques are used when people want help finding motivation to make changes. Sessions focus on problem solving and skills people can use between meetings. Samantha encourages short, doable goals and checks progress each week.
She adapts the work to fit a person’s schedule and needs while keeping the plan practical. Samantha holds a Minnesota LICSW, which means she is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Minnesota. She has four years of professional experience supporting people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and parenting concerns.
She communicates in plain English and aims to make therapy understandable. People interested in trying online formats can connect by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Samantha uses these options to offer flexible ways to meet and keep teamwork moving forward.
How Samantha Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an open, accepting space where the person leads the conversation and feels heard. This helps when someone needs to talk through worries, parenting stress, or grief without feeling judged. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and problem patterns that repeat in daily life.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Samantha will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest options that match those needs. Together they set small goals and try approaches to see what feels most helpful, adjusting as needed over time.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face work and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports brief reflections between appointments. These options make it simpler to practice skills, review progress, and stay connected without rearranging a full day.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
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