Therapist profile
Bridget Stevens-Murphy, LICSW
Minnesota
LICSW - Relationships and Codependency
Continue with BridgetWhere Bridget stands
- Credentials
- LICSW
- License
- LICSW, Minnesota / 20016
- NPI
- 1407293798
- Experience
- 8 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Minnesota
About
- Attachment-based work
- CBT techniques
- Emotion-focused methods
About Bridget
Bridget Stevens-Murphy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Minnesota with eight years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting concerns, self-esteem, career shifts, compassion fatigue, and codependency-related patterns. Bridget works with adults who find themselves putting others first or struggling with boundaries and closeness.
She uses an attachment-based lens to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Sessions are conversational and reflective, with attention to how past hurts shape present choices. Cognitive-behavioral techniques are used when practical steps can reduce anxiety or change unhelpful habits.
Bridget also draws on emotionally-focused work to address intimacy-related issues and to strengthen how people express needs and feelings. Existential ideas may appear when clients are facing life changes or searching for meaning after loss. The style is person-centered - the client’s experience guides what comes next.
Her background includes work both in the U.S. and abroad, and she trained in approaches that address trauma and family-related concerns. Bridget’s training and practice history inform how she balances practical tools with relational reflection. She aims to help people better understand themselves and make clearer choices about relationships and boundaries.
Bridget supports people navigating adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, fertility and abandonment questions. She also addresses first responder issues and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. Her approach combines talking, skill-building, and attention to relationship patterns.
How sessions work
How Bridget’s approaches work for online sessions
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns that come from early relationships and how those patterns show up in adult connections. In online sessions this helps clients notice repeated habits around closeness, distance, and difficulty saying no. Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the person’s own perspective and pace; the therapist listens, reflects, and follows what feels most important to the client in each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and it can be used to reduce anxiety, shift avoidance, or build clearer boundaries.Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. Bridget works with each client to identify goals, tries different techniques, and adjusts what she uses based on how the client responds. That lets the work be both practical and relational rather than locked into one method from the start.
The biography indicates Bridget has used messaging, live chat, and phone sessions in the past, so confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. They can also let someone choose formats that suit quieter or lower-bandwidth needs instead of being on camera.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Minnesota
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, parenting, self-esteem, career changes, compassion fatigue, and codependency-related patterns.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and person-centered, using reflection and relationship to understand patterns. She includes practical tools from cognitive-behavioral and emotionally-focused approaches when useful.
What experience does she bring?
She has eight years of clinical experience and has worked both domestically and internationally in a variety of settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - MN LICSW - based in Minnesota.
Does she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The biography notes messaging, live chat, and phone sessions as formats historically used. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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