Sarah Murphy, LPC
Blame vs. responsibility There is a huge difference between “whose fault is it?” and “whose responsibility is it?” Learning to distinguish between the two (and learning which question to ask) is powerful and empowering. In a therapy office, blame is…
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Getting therapy isn’t just good for you. It’s good for the people in your life. I’m a therapist, so maybe I’m biased. From my perspective, there are benefits of counseling that are important, not just for the one getting counseling,…
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Having healthy boundaries is essential for our overall well-being. It also lays the groundwork for healthy relationships. Here are tips on how to create them. Healthy boundaries create a virtuous cycle of positive self-esteem and personal responsibility. Unhealthy boundaries, on…
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Kids and Candy My sons are mostly grown now; this year I’ll have three in college. (Gulp). When they were little, they were adorable. You can ask anyone who knew them. I was the luckiest mom ever. I tried to…
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“Everything is energy” is an aphorism; what does this mean, practically, for you, for us, and for our emotional and physical wellbeing? The body is an energy field. You are an energy field. This holds the key to understanding our…
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Many of my clients have experienced trauma, whether it is losing a loved one, getting divorced, or being diagnosed with a serious illness. Traumatic experiences are part-and-parcel of our human experience. They can be the defining moments of our lives,…
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EFT, the Emotional Freedom Techniques, is a member of the energy psychology (EP) family of psychotherapies. These therapies combine Western psychology methods, mainly drawing on cognitive and behavior principles, with Eastern energy-based healing principles, including acupoint stimulation and chakra balancing.…
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EFT, the emotional freedom techniques, is a simple, evidence-based technique that can help us resolve our emotional issues quickly and easily. In EFT, we tap on a series of acupressure points while thinking about an issue. In my therapy practice…
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The following article was published in the summer 2017 issue of The Beacon. In my therapy practice in Bryn Mawr, I try to bring this perspective in all my work with clients. The effort to establish right human relations is helpful,…
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A treatment for PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) that uses no drugs, has no side effects, and really works―does that sound too good to be true? Research shows that such a treatment does indeed exist. EFT, the emotional freedom techniques, can…
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