About the Clinician

Courtney Murphy, MA Ed., LCMHCA, LCASA, NCC, is the creator of Purpose over Patterns™ and the founder and clinician at WHOLE Healing, PLLC. She works with adults who are navigating mental health concerns, substance use, or a combination of both, often within the context of stressors that do not fit neatly into a single diagnosis or treatment category.

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Many of the individuals Courtney works with describe feeling stuck in patterns they cannot fully explain. Some have engaged in therapy previously without experiencing meaningful progress, while others are managing major life transitions, long-standing emotional stress, or recovery-related challenges while striving to remain grounded and functional in daily life. Her role is to help clarify what is occurring beneath the surface and translate insight into practical, sustainable change.

Courtney’s work is grounded in the understanding that anxiety, depression, trauma, emotional regulation difficulties, life transitions, and substance use frequently overlap. These experiences rarely exist in isolation, and treating them as separate issues can overlook the underlying factors maintaining distress. Rather than focusing solely on diagnostic labels, she emphasizes patterns, how thoughts, emotions, behaviors, relationships, and environments interact, and identifies what supports stability, accountability, and forward movement.

Therapy at WHOLE Healing is structured, collaborative, and focused on real-life application. Clients work toward improving emotional regulation, increasing self-awareness, addressing avoidance or reactivity, and building skills that support consistency and resilience over time. The goal extends beyond symptom relief to include greater clarity, steadiness, and confidence in navigating daily life.

For clients who request it, Courtney also offers faith-informed counseling that integrates Christian values in a thoughtful and clinically appropriate manner. Faith is never assumed or imposed and is incorporated only when it aligns with a client’s beliefs and treatment goals.

Above all, Courtney aims to provide a therapeutic space that is direct, respectful, and grounded—where progress is measured not only by insight, but by meaningful change in daily functioning.