LCSW, 7 years of experience
My name is Megan, I am a licensed clinical social worker in California with 6 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with multiple areas of need, including anxiety/ depression, loss & grief, coping tools, career challenges, relationships, and psychosis. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage, and I’m here to help you along the way!
Reviewing confidentiality and the flow of treatment based on their individual coverage, exploring their presenting problem and why they sought therapy, and obtaining a brief biopsychosocial history to better help myself understand their symptoms and how I can best assist and understanding barriers and root of the issue.
I am compassionate, empathetic, and nonjudgmental in my work, and have endured many hardships in my life that allow myself to relate to clients and understand where they are coming from, and that change is not easy and a lifelong process. I am patient, and whatever the clients issue or issues are, approach each session with care and focus on clients strengths and resources as a vital component in the change process, and am dedicated to help locate and share resources that may not be present in the clients daily lives to help fulfill/ maintain their goals long- term.
Young adults, middle aged adults, needing assistance with adopting healthy routines and coping tools, experiencing anxiety/depression/ troubles coping/ unpacking trauma. I also feel comfortable working with those struggling with grief/loss, and those experiencing symptoms of psychosis/ schizophrenia based disorders.
Megan Murphy offers therapy covered by CalViva Health (Medi-Cal), Community Health Plan of Imperial Valley (Medi-Cal), Gold Coast Health Plan (Medi-Cal), Health Net (Medi-Cal), Health Plan of San Joaquin - Medi-Cal, L.A. Care Health Plan (Medi-Cal), Partnership HealthPlan of California (Medi-Cal), San Francisco Health Plan (Medi-Cal) and Santa Clara Family Health Plan - Medi-Cal in California.
Through a supportive treatment approach, I focus my sessions on understanding the unique needs of each client, focusing on the importance of understanding and meeting clients where they're at, strengths based supportive approach. A supportive environment helps promote growth and reduce feelings of isolation, and is fostered in multiple areas of need that can be tailored to additional interventions later on in treatment.
Throughout my practice I've incorporated CBT in working with trauma and helping clients examine their thoughts in a self-positive way that can lead to a decrease in impulsivity and unhealthy behaviors. Using CBT, I have focused on areas of generalized anxiety, trauma, and psychosis. Through a cognitive lens, I assist clients in exploring their initial thoughts to situations that may have lead to unhealthy behavior responses in the past, and help them learn new, self-positive, statements, to practice to reduce these unhealthy behaviors long term.
As a therapist I have used mindfulness based modalities in a variety of settings, particularly with clients who feel easily frustrated or anxious in social or unfamiliar settings. I focus on the here and now when using mindfulness, and have emphasized the importance of nature and using the five senses to bring presence to the session and have helped clients utilize modalities such as yoga, hiking, and additional mindful based activities outside of sessions as homework to help ground clients and help reduce external stressors long term.