Bridget Stevens-Murphy , LICSW

Bridget Stevens-Murphy is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota. She earned a Master of Social Work degree, with a specialization in children and families, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002 and has cultivated experience working both domestically and internationally. Known for a warm, grounded presence, she prioritizes helping people feel comfortable, safe, and empowered as they engage in therapeutic work.

Her approach is strength-based, relational, holistic, and person-centered, reflecting a core belief that individuals are experts on their own lives and often benefit from an unbiased outside perspective. Through conversation, reflection, and the therapeutic relationship, she helps clients gain clearer self-understanding and build more enlivening, meaningful relationships and life patterns. Bridget’s clinical focus includes stress, anxiety, family and relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, grief and depression, parenting and adoption-related issues, intimacy and commitment challenges, fertility and caregiver stress, and first responder and compassion fatigue concerns.

She is a Trust-Based Relational Intervention practitioner and is trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, bringing both relational and evidence-informed tools to her work with individuals and families. Clients may message her any time; she typically checks messages twice each day, seven days a week, and offers messaging, live chat, and phone sessions with limited evening and weekend availability.

Relational and Evidence-Informed Care Online

Bridget draws on attachment-based work to explore how early and current relationships shape patterns of connection and trust. This approach helps people understand attachment wounds, improve closeness, and navigate challenges in family and intimate relationships.

She also uses client-centered therapy, offering a supportive, nonjudgmental space where the client’s perspective leads the work. That approach emphasizes empathy, validation, and helping clients clarify their own goals and values. In addition, Bridget incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques to identify and shift thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety, depression, and stress, providing practical skills for coping and problem solving.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Bridget collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and reach people across distances. These options offer flexibility in scheduling, multiple ways to communicate, and a way for therapists and licensed professionals to maintain continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible.