About Kirk
Kirk Murdock is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, anger, and depression. He works with concerns around grief, intimacy, parenting challenges, and long-term mood or coping struggles. His tone is straightforward and practical for people who need clear help now.
Kirk uses a few different approaches to fit each person. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them.
Background and approach
He also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Sessions are focused on what matters to the client. Kirk listens first, then suggests steps that are concrete and doable.
He emphasizes skills you can use between sessions so progress feels tangible. Over eight years he has worked with people facing substance use, obsessive thoughts, panic, trauma, and the strain that comes from caregiving or high-stress jobs. He pays special attention to issues like guilt, shame, loneliness, and problems with communication.
Kirk is licensed in Florida as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC. He offers services in English and is open to working with clients across locations, including international clients. The work aims to be collaborative, respectful, and aimed at practical change.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and reconnect with their values. It focuses on small committed actions that move someone toward a life that feels meaningful rather than getting stuck in trying to control every thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at current thinking and behavior patterns and teaches practical skills to change them. CBT is often used for anxiety, panic, obsessive thoughts, and mood problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to what matters to the client and together decide which methods to try first. That choice can change as problems evolve, and sessions are shaped by the client's goals and preferences in a collaborative way.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face to face when schedules and bandwidth allow. Phone sessions can be a good option when video is difficult or for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer flexible ways to touch base, share updates, or practice skills between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to try different formats until the best fit is found.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English