Julianna Murphy, LCPC, LMHC

Julianna Murphy is a licensed clinician with six years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, life transitions, and relationship or family concerns. She focuses on practical ways to rebuild confidence and find motivation. Julianna aims to make the first step feel less intimidating and provides steady support through change.

Her sessions are straightforward and conversational. She creates an open space where clients can name difficult thoughts and feelings without judgment. Work often centers on small, manageable changes that add up over time. Julianna encourages clear goals and hands-on strategies clients can try between meetings.

Julianna draws from several well-known approaches to shape the work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns of thinking that feed anxiety or low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy supports noticing uncomfortable feelings while moving toward valued goals. Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy offer skills for emotion regulation and present-moment focus.

She pays attention to practical life concerns too, such as caregiving stress, chronic illness or pain, body image, workplace strain, and parenting-related pressures. Grief, trauma histories, eating concerns, and ADHD are also areas she addresses. Julianna works with people across a range of life stages who want clearer coping tools and steadier day-to-day functioning.

Sessions are provided from her Illinois practice and are conducted in English. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and helps clients shape a plan that fits their needs and daily life.

How Julianna’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose small actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness-based techniques teach brief practices for returning attention to the present and calming intense emotion.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. That collaborative selection can change over time as needs shift or new priorities appear.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, medical appointments, or busy days. It also allows shorter check-ins when needed, and options that do not require being on camera if someone prefers that. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness skills to work well in conversation, exercises, and between-session practices that fit everyday routines.