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Karen Murphree, LCSW

  • Experience30 years
  • LocationMontana
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Grief, and Self esteem
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Karen

Karen Murphree is an LCSW with three decades of clinical experience and a broad, integrative approach to mental health. She blends evidence-based practices with creative and somatic techniques to support adults navigating stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma, compassion fatigue, and identity-related challenges.

Background and approach

Her work favors a strength-based, whole-person perspective that honors the connection between lifestyle, body, and mood. Sessions may include talk therapy alongside visual imagery, guided meditations, movement, music, art, rituals, and attention to sleep and nutrition when relevant.

She draws from Internal Family Systems alongside CBT, DBT, attachment-based ideas, EMDR-informed strategies, and compassionate inquiry to help clients identify limiting beliefs and patterns and to access their own healing capacities. Karen emphasizes an individualized, collaborative process that meets people where they are and encourages exploration of spiritual and creative resources.

Based in Montana, she offers a welcoming, nonjudgmental stance and affirms diverse identities including LGBTQIA2S+, polyamory, kink, and neurodivergence. Practical resources and educational links are often provided so clients can continue learning and practicing between sessions.

Integrating therapeutic approaches with online care



Karen blends Internal Family Systems and Attachment-Based Therapy into an integrative online practice. Internal Family Systems views the mind as made up of parts and offers a path to understand internal conflicts and heal from within, which can support work on trauma, shame, and self esteem. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relational patterns formed early in life and helps people improve communication, trust, and emotional regulation in close relationships.

Finding the most helpful approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to explore goals, preferences, and lived experience to determine whether IFS, attachment work, elements of CBT or DBT skills, or a combination will best support progress. Clients and therapist revisit goals and techniques as needed to refine what feels most effective.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to enhance flexibility and accessibility. These formats make it possible to fit therapy into busy schedules, continue work between in-person appointments when travel is difficult, and maintain momentum through varied communication methods that match client needs.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and a range of related concerns such as body image, caregiver stress, and gender dysphoria.
What is the general therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is eclectic and client-centered, combining whole-person, strength-based care with evidence-based practices and creative somatic techniques to tailor sessions to each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She brings 30 years of clinical experience to her practice and has long integrated traditional psychotherapy with alternative and lifestyle-oriented knowledge.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is licensed as an LCSW with OR LCSW L14851 and MO LCSW 2022026451 and practices from Montana.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Clients can work with her via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on scheduling and preference.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationFamily of origin issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

30+ years

Licensed

Kansas, Washington, Missouri, Montana, Idaho, Oregon

Languages

English