About Cherise
Dr. Cherise Murphy-McNear uses a practical, evidence-based approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, and relationship strain. She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida with more than 21 years of clinical experience.
Her style is direct and respectful, and she focuses on clear steps people can use right away. She works with concerns like family conflict, self-esteem struggles, motivation problems, and life transitions. Dr.
Murphy-McNear also addresses attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, commitment and control concerns, and challenges tied to blended families or separation.
Background and approach
She recognizes how guilt, shame, and emptiness can affect daily life and decision making. Her process begins with listening to what matters most to each person. Then she helps shape a straightforward plan that fits that person's needs and goals.
Sessions aim to build practical coping skills, improve communication, and increase emotional clarity. She is comfortable discussing topics many therapists avoid, including kink and alternative sexual cultures, gender dysphoria, and issues specific to first responders. The work is collaborative - the person sets goals and Dr.
Murphy-McNear supports progress with patience and focus. People who choose her can expect clear conversation, hands-on strategies, and steady encouragement. She asks for mutual respect and sensitivity in the therapeutic relationship and tailors the pace to each person's readiness for change.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Dr. Murphy-McNear uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach helps people notice and change patterns that increase anxiety or relationship strain by practicing new ways of thinking and acting in everyday situations. Another approach emphasizes improving attachment and connection by identifying how past family experiences influence current relationships and then developing clearer communication and boundaries.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences, then recommend strategies that fit your situation. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as needed so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversations when meeting in person is difficult. Phone sessions work well for people who need a lower-bandwidth option or want a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send brief updates, ask questions between sessions, or work through skills in real time. These formats provide flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English