Connie Murphy

I specialize in working with adults from middle age to later life, including caregivers, who face a range of challenges such as depression, anxiety, grief and loss, substance use, and relationship dynamics.

I specialize in working with adults from middle age to later life, including caregivers and focus on needs and concerns related to aging and life transitions.

Anxiety treatment plans will vary depending on the individual, but here is an example of one way I treat anxiety: Weekly therapy sessions to identify triggers, develop coping skills, and challenge negative thoughts. Daily deep breathing exercises and meditation to manage symptoms.

ACT encourages people to accept their thoughts and feelings without judgment, and to make room for them instead of trying to change them. ACT emphasizes mindfulness and techniques to help people stay focused on the present moment as well as encouraging people to identify their values and commit to actions that align with them.

CBT's goal is to help you have more control over your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. CBT is a collaborative, hands-on, and goal-oriented therapy that focuses on working through specific problems. Techniques include identifying and challenging unhelpful thoughts, learning self-help strategies, and practicing relaxation, coping, and stress management and is commonly used to treat mental health conditions like anxiety and depression, but it can also be used to treat conditions like pain.

SFBT helps you set specific goals and create practical strategies to achieve them. SFBT emphasizes a your positive attributes and behaviors, and how they can be used to overcome challenges. SFBT focuses on the present and the future, rather than fixating on the past or the problem and considers you to be the expert on themselves and their situation