- Focused on relationships
- Helps with grief
- Works on panic
About Steven
Steven Murphy is a licensed counselor with 15 years of experience who focuses on practical ways to ease everyday struggles. He creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about what matters. His work often centers on relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career concerns, and compassion fatigue.
He helps clients name the patterns that cause pain and tries to make small, useful changes. Sessions focus on clear goals and steps that people can try between appointments. Steven emphasizes honest conversation and steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Over his career he has supported people dealing with attachment and abandonment concerns, communication problems, control issues, and the effects of divorce or separation. He also assists those coping with mood problems, panic disorder and panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress. Financial stress, life purpose questions, and isolation are also common topics he addresses.
Steven holds LPC credentials in Tennessee and South Carolina and an LCPC credential in Maryland. He uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person’s situation. He accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
To begin, clients use a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability. The service uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and fees vary by location and availability. He encourages people to take the first step and reach out when they are ready to talk.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Steven uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage distress and build coping skills. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and testing small changes in daily life to reduce symptoms and improve functioning. This method helps with anxiety, mood concerns, and panic-related responses by breaking problems into manageable steps.Another approach emphasizes understanding attachment and relationship patterns to improve communication and reduce isolation. That work looks at how past experiences show up now and practices new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective for the individual.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Steven collaborates with each person to choose and adapt techniques that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. He checks in regularly and adjusts course when something isn’t helpful.
If you prefer online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow for quick check-ins between in-person appointments. Therapists can also adapt exercises to suit quieter or shorter sessions, or focus sessions on skill practice when time is limited.
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Primary focus
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Experience
15+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, Maryland, South Carolina
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Steven address?
He focuses on relationship strain, grief and loss, parenting concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue, along with related issues such as attachment, communication problems, and panic disorder and panic attacks.
What is his therapeutic style like?
The approach is plainspoken and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on honest conversation and small, practical steps people can try between sessions.
How much experience does he have?
He brings 15 years of professional counseling experience to his work with clients.
What credentials and location are listed?
He holds LPC licenses in Tennessee and South Carolina and an LCPC credential in Maryland, and he practices from Maryland.
Which languages and international options are supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and he accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Fees vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.