Therapist in Oakland, CA

I am Cameron Murphey, LMFT, a psychotherapist based in Oakland, CA working with adults and teens. I specialize in helping people struggling with anxiety, OCD, trauma, and relationship anxiety (ROCD).

I’ve pursued extensive ongoing training in evidence-based approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), and continue to deepen my work through consultation, reading, and clinical practice.

I believe therapy is more than simply talking or having someone reflect your experience back to you. When it’s effective, it helps you relate differently to your internal world—your thoughts, emotions, and patterns—so that anxiety and distress feel less overwhelming in daily life.

Cameron Murphey LMFT, therapist in Oakland, California

What I help with

  • Anxiety and chronic worry that feels hard to turn off

  • OCD and intrusive or repetitive thoughts

  • Relationship anxiety (ROCD) and ongoing doubt

  • Panic symptoms and physical anxiety

  • Social anxiety and withdrawal

  • Stress, overwhelm, and emotional reactivity

  • Teen and adolescent anxiety (read more here)

How therapy works with me

Therapy is collaborative and grounded in what is actually showing up in your life week to week. Instead of trying to eliminate anxiety or push thoughts away, we look at how patterns of thinking, attention, and avoidance keep the cycle going.

Over time, many people find that when they stop treating anxiety as something that must be solved, the intensity of anxiety begins to shift into something more manageable.

I use evidence-based approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on changing your relationship with thoughts and emotions rather than trying to control them. You can learn more about this on my main approach page.

Who this is a good fit for

This may be a good fit if you:

  • feel stuck in cycles of worry or overthinking

  • get caught in intrusive or distressing thoughts

  • struggle with anxiety in relationships or daily life

  • want a structured but collaborative approach

  • are looking for therapy in Oakland or online in California

Location

Based in Oakland, California, serving clients in the East Bay and throughout California via telehealth.

Contact

If you’re considering therapy and want to see if it’s a fit, you can schedule a brief 20-minute consultation call with Cameron Murphey LMFT.

No pressure—just a chance to ask questions and get a sense of how I work.

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