Karen Murphree , LCSW

Karen Murphree is an LCSW with thirty years of clinical experience who brings a broad, whole-person view to therapy. She draws on traditional psychotherapy and a range of creative tools to help people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or out of step with those around them. Karen practices in Montana and works with adult clients, including people exploring gender and sexual identity and those with nontraditional relationship styles.

Her approach mixes talk therapy with practical, hands-on techniques. Sessions may include guided imagery, music, art, movement, and grounding practices alongside Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills. She also uses EMDR-informed methods for trauma processing and attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns.

Karen emphasizes strengths and lifestyle connections to mental health. She brings nursing background experience and additional training in natural health and health coaching into sessions, so conversations often include sleep, food, and movement as part of a plan. She offers educational resources and homework to help people try new strategies between meetings.

She welcomes LGBTQIA2S+ people, kink-friendly clients, neurodivergent people, and others who identify outside mainstream categories. Karen describes her work as collaborative and respectful, aiming to help each person build on their own resources and values.

Her style is compassionate and down-to-earth, with a focus on practical changes people can use in daily life. People who want a flexible, creative blend of evidence-informed therapy and lifestyle approaches may find her way of working useful.

Using Attachment, CBT, and EMDR Work Online

Karen uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early patterns shape current relationships and reactions. This approach helps when trust, closeness, or repeated relationship problems are part of the difficulty.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and trying small, practical steps to change them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and everyday coping skills.

She also integrates EMDR-informed methods for processing traumatic memories and strong emotional experiences, using guided techniques to reduce the intensity of distressing memories when that fits a person's needs.

Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work together. The therapist and client discuss goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then try approaches collaboratively over time.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face and use visual tools, phone can be a quick check-in or a lower-bandwidth option, and messaging is good for short updates or when scheduling is tight. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.