Welcome!
I’m so happy you’re here.
My name is Kate Murphy. I’m a therapist in Chapel Hill, NC, located 10 to 20 minutes from Durham, Carrboro, and Hillsborough. I work with adults facing three problems: Adjusting to living with chronic illness, experiencing chronic pain or other chronic physical symptoms, or having difficulty navigating the rocky terrain of adulthood in their 20s and 30s.
Many of my clients experience 2 or even all 3 of these challenges, so I have ample experience working with folks in their 20s and 30s who are also ill, but I enjoy working with clients of all ages!
To learn more about the types of challenges I can help with and how we go about doing this work together, please read on. If it feels like working together might be right for you, I invite you to book a 15-minute phone consultation free of charge. This will give us a chance to briefly meet and see if it seems like a good fit, and you can get answers to any questions you may have.
Therapy for Chronic Pain, Fatigue, & Other Physical Symptoms
Chronic pain, fatigue, and other physical symptoms like nausea, dizziness and itchiness that make up syndromes like EDS, POTS, MCAS, IBS, chronic Lyme, fibromyalgia, and long Covid have reached epidemic proportions, and millions are suffering. If you’re affected by chronic physical symptoms, whether it’s lower back pain, migraine headaches, or one of the syndromes mentioned above, you may feel burnt out, defeated, and desperate to regain some semblance of health and wellbeing. Thankfully, there is hope that you can do just that.
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. Chronic pain. Life disruptions. Unwanted changes. Thwarted plans. Feelings of grief and loss. Feeling like nobody really “gets it.” As a person living with chronic illnesses, I’m passionate about helping others navigate these challenges.
Therapy for Navigating Your 20s & 30s
You might already have an idea, or even know for sure, what’s going on: You’re dealing with anxiety. Depression. Lasting effects of trauma. Or, maybe it feels like life just isn’t what you thought it would be now that you’ve reached the age where you thought you’d have it all figured out. Whatever your unique experience of this time in your life might be, I promise you’re not the only one who gets to 23, or 29, or 36, and thinks: “Something’s got to give, because this isn’t working. This can’t be all there is. I want my life to be more than this.”
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 the Insurance section of 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
