Katie Murphy , LMHC

Katie Murphy is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Massachusetts who focuses her clinical work on pet loss grief and related life transitions. She has a deep personal connection to the bond between dogs and their owners, and she combines that lived experience with professional training to help people navigate the difficult emotions that follow the loss of a furry companion. Katie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to offer compassionate support to people of different ages who are grieving a pet or coping with major life changes.

Clients working with Katie can expect warmth, empathy, and a person-centered approach that honors each individual story. Through telehealth sessions she creates space to explore feelings of emptiness, isolation, anxiety, and questions about life purpose and self-love that often arise after a loss. Her practice emphasizes practical coping skills alongside emotional processing to help clients move forward at their own pace.

Katie’s combination of personal insight into pet loss and her professional role as an LMHC informs a gentle, understanding approach to grief work. She provides telehealth services across Massachusetts and aims to support people through the personal and sometimes wrenching journey of saying goodbye to a beloved animal companion.

Grief-Focused Care and Flexible Online Support

Grief-focused therapy helps people process the complex emotions that arise after losing a pet. This approach invites clients to explore memories, acknowledge pain, and find ways to honor their companion while learning to live with loss. Coping skills training draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach practical strategies for managing anxiety, stress, and difficult moments - tools that can help stabilize day-to-day functioning during hard transitions. Person-centered supportive counseling emphasizes empathy, unconditional regard, and active listening so clients feel heard and respected as they make sense of grief and questions about life purpose or self-love.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Katie works collaboratively with each person to determine which combination of grief work, coping strategies, and supportive counseling best fits their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as healing unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility by letting clients meet from home via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into daily life, maintain continuity of care across schedules, and choose the communication format that feels most comfortable for discussing sensitive feelings related to pet loss and life changes.