Yailyn Murphy (she/her/hers) is a Latinx, bilingual, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, National Certified Counselor, and is also a certified in Perinatal Mental Health. Yailyn graduated from Meredith College with a Bachelor of Science in Child Development and Psychology. She earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy from Appalachian State University.

Yailyn aims to co-create a safe and supportive environment where clients can explore, feel validated and heard, and heal. She specializes in trauma treatment and is passionate about perinatal mental health and supporting individuals as they navigate life stressors and relationships. Yailyn has ten years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. Her approach is empathic, warm, and tailored to each client. Yailyn enjoys supporting women and birth givers during the perinatal and postpartum periods as they transition into parenthood. She has training in perinatal mood disorders, pregnancy loss, parenting, parent-infant /child relationships, and trauma.

Yailyn is committed to the daily work of anti-oppression and anti-racism and am LGBTQIA+ affirming. In addition to the perinatal population, her scope of practice includes supporting first generation clients, BIPOC, and individuals struggling with racial / ethnic identities and generational trauma. Yailyn’s dream is to bridge the gap by making health care accessible to all.

Yailyn’s theoretical orientation is integrative encompassing a multicultural, positive psychology, strengths-based approach, as well as the incorporation of Trauma-Informed Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is an honor to create a safe space with clients that encourages curiosity, embodiment, growth, & healing.

Yailyn is rostered in a number of evidence-based trauma treatments for adults and children, including Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) and Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP). She also has training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing and is certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C).

In her spare time, Yailyn enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, reading, listening to podcasts, and keeping up with the latest research on perinatal mental health and child development.