Leah Murphy, BACP

Leah Murphy helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, and depression. She also supports clients facing issues around self-esteem, parenting, sleep and eating problems, anger, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and intimacy-related worries. Leah uses plain language and a down-to-earth manner to put people at ease from the first contact.

She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can say what they really think and feel. Leah listens closely and reflects back what she hears, helping clients sort out difficult emotions and make small, practical changes in day-to-day life. Her approach is collaborative - she works with each person to set clear, realistic goals.

Leah draws on Client-Centred ways of working alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy ideas. For people affected by distressing memories, she also uses trauma-focused techniques to address harmful patterns. She chooses methods to suit the person, not to fit a label.

With 21 years of professional experience, Leah has worked across a wide range of concerns including adoption and foster care, attachment and relationship problems, chronic illness and caregiver stress, and body image issues. That background helps her see how life events interact with emotional reactions.

She practises in the United Kingdom and speaks English. Leah knows that starting therapy can feel hard, and she aims to make the first steps straightforward and manageable so people can begin to feel better in everyday life.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding the person's experience and offering empathic listening. Online sessions using this approach concentrate on building a trusting conversation and helping people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; online work often includes short tasks to try between sessions. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on processing distressing memories and reducing their impact on daily life through gradual, paced work and grounding techniques.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Leah will work with each person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals. She discusses options openly and adapts plans as the work develops so people feel involved in the decisions.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, whether that means not travelling or arranging appointments around work and caregiving. It can also allow for different ways of working, such as shorter check-ins or sessions without video, depending on what helps the person engage. Confirm the specific session options before booking so you know how Leah currently offers her sessions.