Abby E. Murphy, M.Ed.,LPC, has more than two decades of experience in the human service field. She earned a Bachelors degree in community services with a minor in sociology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and her Master's of Education degree in counseling psychology from Lehigh University. Abby served for six years as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves working with natives in Caribbean countries who required civil aid. She completed a family therapy internship at the Catholic Social Agency in Allentown, Pa.
Abby has worked in both outpatient partial hospitalization programs and psychiatric inpatient settings at Valley Center and St. Luke's Hospital. Her experience also includes rehabilitation work with traumatic brain injured patients as well as chemically dependent adolescents and adults. Abby has worked as a psychotherapist in the foster care system and specializes in work with adolescents, addictions, and anger management. She utilizes both a cognitive-behavioral and family systems approach in her clinical practice.