- Years in practice
- 5
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Colorado
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Brenda
Brenda Murphy is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who focuses on trauma, grief, and parenting concerns. She aims to offer clear, practical support that helps people manage hard moments and build coping skills. She centers the work on a respectful, person-focused relationship.
Brenda listens closely to each person's story and uses that understanding to shape sessions. She emphasizes collaboration so goals and steps feel relevant and doable.
Background and approach
Her practice takes a trauma-informed view to help people process painful memories and reduce their everyday impact. That work often includes learning simple tools to calm strong emotions and respond differently when stress shows up. Brenda also supports parents and caregivers handling the ongoing strain of parenting and caregiving.
She helps people identify patterns at home, practice new responses, and find manageable routines that reduce stress. Over five years of clinical experience inform her work. She draws on evidence-based techniques and mixes approaches to fit each person's needs and pace.
Sessions aim to be practical, focused, and delivered with steady empathy. Brenda works with individuals who want help moving through grief, healing from trauma, or managing the pressures of caregiving and parenting. Her goal is to help people leave sessions with clearer next steps and tools they can use between appointments.
What Brenda works with
Everything Brenda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Brenda helps people with.
Approaches that support parenting and healing online
Brenda uses a trauma-informed perspective to help people understand how past events affect current reactions. This approach focuses on recognizing triggers, pacing work so it feels manageable, and building skills to reduce overwhelm. It is useful for people dealing with trauma and abuse or strong reactions tied to past loss.She also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. This method helps with grief-related rumination and day-to-day parenting decisions by turning insights into practical steps. Finally, mindfulness-based techniques are used to teach simple breathing and attention skills that calm the nervous system and help with caregiving stress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist and client collaborate to choose methods that fit needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping and what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversations when bandwidth permits, phone can be shorter check-ins or easier when video is difficult, and messaging suits brief updates or ongoing support between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy parenting and caregiving schedules.
Questions people ask about Brenda
What concerns does Brenda commonly address?
She focuses on trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting-related stress. Additional work includes caregiver issues and hospice or end-of-life counseling.
What is her general therapy style?
The approach is person-centered and trauma-informed. Sessions emphasize listening, collaborative goal setting, and practical coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of clinical experience working with the listed concerns and adapts methods based on each person's needs.
What credentials and location are on record?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what session formats does she meet with people?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
More therapists for parents in Colorado
All in Colorado
Karen House
LPC, LPCC
Colorado 25 years in practice
Practical, problem-solving therapy for parents
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
Donald Rincon
LCSW, CSW
Colorado 17 years in practice
Practical, experienced Colorado LCSW for parenting concerns
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger
- Self esteem
Kelley Sullivan
LCSW
Colorado 19 years in practice English, Spanish
Compassionate clinician focused on daily life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship
- Trauma and abuse