Heather Murphy, LMSW, RPT

Heather Murphy, LMSW, RPT Verified by GLPG

Education

  • School:
    Michigan State University
  • Degree:
    Master of Social Work
  • Additional Certificates:

    Associates in Early Childhood Development, BA Family Life Education, Registered Play Therapist

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I specialize in working with children ages 3-17, but also work with adults. I am certified in play therapy. I use play therapy as an effective tool to assist children in expressing their feelings and working through problems. 

I am also trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which is an evidence-based treatment approach for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma such as sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence. In addition to trauma, I have experience in working with children and adults with depression, anxiety, marital counseling, grief/loss, and family transitions/changes such as divorce.

Accepted Insurance

  • Aetna/Cofinity
  • BCBS
  • BCN
  • Beacon Health Options (BHO/VO)
  • Cigna
  • HAP
  • Humana
  • McLaren
  • Medicare
  • MultiPlan
  • Priority Health
  • Total Health Care (THC)
  • UBH
  • VA CCN
We verify your insurance benefits and will provide you with a cost estimate prior to your first session.

Issues

  • ADHD (Kids)
  • Adoption
  • Antisocial Personality
  • Anxiety
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • Autism
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Borderline Personality
  • Bullying
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Abuse
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Impulsivity
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Coping Skills
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Domestic Violence
  • Elderly Persons Disorders
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Family Conflict
  • Financial Stress
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Grief
  • Impulse Control Disorders
  • Infertility
  • Infidelity
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marriage
  • Men's Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality
  • Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiance
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Personality Disorders
  • Pregnancy / Prenatal / Postpartum / Perinatal
  • Premarital
  • Psychosis / Schizophrenia
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • School Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-Harming
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Addiction
  • Sleep or Insomnia
  • Social Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Teen Violence
  • Thinking Disorders
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Video Game Addiction
  • Women's Issues

Communities

  • Bisexual Allied
  • Body Positivity
  • Cancer
  • Gay Allied
  • HIV / AIDS Allied
  • Lesbian Allied
  • Racial Justice Allied
  • Transgender Allied
  • Veterans

Specialties

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Family Conflict

Session Types

  • Couples
  • Family Therapy with Adults
  • Family Therapy with Kids
  • Individuals

Age Specialty

  • Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
  • Adults
  • Children (6 to 10)
  • Elders (65+)
  • Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)
  • Toddlers / Preschoolers (0 to 6)

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Adlerian
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing (CPT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Dialectical (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Exposure Response Prevention
  • Expressive Arts
  • Family / Marital
  • Family Systems
  • Feminist
  • Gestalt
  • Humanistic
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Interpersonal
  • Intervention
  • Jungian
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Music Therapy
  • Narrative
  • Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
  • Person-Centered
  • Play Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Reality Therapy
  • Relational
  • Sandplay
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Strength-Based
  • Structural Family Therapy
  • Trauma Focused