Karen Murphree, LCSW

Karen Murphree is an LCSW who brings three decades of clinical experience to her practice in Montana. She combines traditional psychotherapy with a broader, strength-based focus on whole-person wellbeing. Her approach often draws on a mix of talk therapy and creative, body-centered methods to help people feel understood and make change.

She works with adult clients facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and challenges around relationships and intimacy. Karen also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, aging concerns, body image, gender dysphoria, and sexual diversity including BDSM and kink topics. LGBTQIA2S+ identities and alternative relationship styles are welcome.

Sessions may include guided imagery, music, art, movement, breath work, rituals, aromatherapy, and attention to sleep and nutrition alongside evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, attachment-based ideas, and EMDR-informed tools. Her aim is to help people identify limiting beliefs and develop practical ways to feel better in daily life.

She describes her work as collaborative and respectful, meeting each person where they are. Karen often shares educational resources clients can use between sessions to deepen learning and support ongoing progress.

Outside the office she values spirituality, nature, gardening, animals, and creative cooking. She names herself genderfluid and pansexual and notes she is neurodivergent, which informs a flexible, nonjudgmental stance in therapy.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based ideas emphasize how early relationships shape current patterns. In an online setting this can look like talking through relationship history and practicing new ways of connecting and regulating emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; online sessions can include concrete tools, worksheets, and practice assignments to use between meetings. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process distressing memories; in telehealth it can involve guided processing and techniques adapted for remote sessions.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels manageable, then try methods that fit the person's needs. They may combine talking, skill practice, and experiential exercises and adjust the plan as therapy proceeds.

The original biography does not list which session formats are offered, so confirm current options before scheduling. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and enabling work from quieter surroundings. It also lets therapists share digital resources, guided exercises, and follow-up materials that support progress between appointments.