Welcome!
I’m so happy you’re here.
My name is Kate Murphy. I’m a therapist in Chapel Hill, NC. My office is about 15 minutes to Durham, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. I work with adults of all ages feeling motivated to change their lives through a willingness to explore their inner worlds. I help people navigate problems like chronic pain, chronic illness, relationship challenges, anxiety, grief and loss, and life transitions. Often it’s the hardest-to-shake habits—like perfectionism, “going along to get along,” or not prioritizing yourself in your life—that we focus on in therapy.
My overarching goal, regardless of the specifics of what brings you to therapy, will always be to help you reconnect to and reclaim the power in your vulnerability. The more we shy away from our vulnerability and needs, the less power we feel we have in our own lives, and the more our wellbeing deteriorates. Everyone deserves to understand their valid human needs and feel empowered to prioritize those needs. Developing this understanding of themselves brings my clients the clarity they need to take steps to shape their lives in support of their own wellbeing. Sometimes these steps are not big at all. Sometimes they’re even tiny. But they are extraordinarily impactful, and can transform our experience of our own lives. Often, they’re things we never would have thought were possible—or would not have occurred to us at all—without first uncovering the insights within us that are waiting to reveal themselves to us in an accepting, nonjudgmental space.
I invite you to take a look around the site to learn a little more about what it might be like to work together. If you feel working together might be right for you, you can book a 20-minute phone consultation below, free of charge. This will give us a chance to briefly meet, address questions you may have, and see if it’s a good fit before you commit to a first session.
PLEASE NOTE: At this time my schedule is fully booked and I am not able to accept new clients. When a space becomes available, this message will no longer show here and you are welcome to book a consultation.
Therapy for Chronic Pain, Fatigue, & Other Physical Symptoms
Chronic pain and other physical symptoms like fatigue, nausea, or dizziness that make up syndromes like IBS, POTS, EDS, fibromyalgia, and Long Covid have reached epidemic proportions. Millions are suffering through daily life. If you’re affected by chronic symptoms—whether lower back pain, migraine headaches, or one of the syndromes mentioned above—you probably feel worn down and defeated by the ways it seems to have made your life smaller. Modern pain science has lead to insights about the origins of chronic symptoms in the body’s ‘central operating system’ so to speak: the brain. We also know now about the brain’s mechanisms that perpetuate those symptoms into full-blown, fear-inducing, life-shrinking conditions. Thanks to this research, now we have effective treatments that don’t just sufferers of chronic conditions cope better, but actually reduce or eliminate chronic symptoms… so you can get back to your life.
Therapy for Adjusting to Life with Chronic Illness
Whether you’ve been diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, degenerative disease, cancer, or have undiagnosed illness, the stress and overwhelm that come along with chronic illness can feel larger than life. Unpredictable symptoms. Unwanted changes. Life disruptions. Thwarted plans. And a lot of grief. As a person living with chronic illness, I’m passionate about helping others navigate these challenges.
As an out-of-network provider, I’ve partnered with Mentaya to help my clients save money on therapy.
Use this tool to check if your insurance plan offers reimbursement for therapy with me. It takes about 1 minute.
To learn more, check out ‘Insurance’ on the FAQ page.
“You are worth the quiet moment. You are worth the deeper breath. You are worth the time it takes to slow down, be still, and rest.”
— Morgan Harper Nichols
