Oriana Murphy

Oriana Murphy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Los Angeles, CA who specializes in trauma-informed care from an anti-oppression, collective care, and liberation lens. Oriana believes in meeting individuals where they are at, and that building safety and support is a community effort that sometimes starts within the therapeutic relationship and grows outward. Oriana works with individuals and families who are experiencing challenges related to substance use, mood changes, relational/attachment difficulties, and general life transitions. Oriana supports and celebrates all identities, relationship orientations, and bodies! Clinically, Oriana’s approach is to center the needs of her clients and their communities, by not perceiving herself as the expert, and working in collaboration. While recognizing that many experience marginalization, stigma, and other barriers when attempting to access mental health support, Oriana hopes to provide accessible grounding skills to those she works with. These tools come from a variety of modalities including Brainspotting, Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Sociometric and Psychodramatic techniques, Harm Reduction and other substance use recovery methods, Mindfulness, Family Systems, and Psychodynamic Therapy. With a recognition of her own privileges within the mental health space, Oriana is dedicated to dismantling the harmful impacts that oppressive structures have had on the individuals and families she hopes to support in their recovery process of healing. Knowing this is a journey that is not always linear, Oriana is committed to guiding her clients along their way.