North Hills Psychological Associates, Inc.

Dr. Dan Murphy joined is a licensed psychologist who joined NHPA in January 2023. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow in professional psychology at Counseling & Psychological Services of University of Michigan, and before that, a doctoral intern at Counseling & Psychiatric Services of Michigan State University. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Dan Murphy works primarily with adolescents and adults, specializing in comprehensive sexual and gender minority mental health services. In this line of work, he provides psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families. Examples of therapeutic goals have included identity exploration, deprogramming internalized stigma, family reconciliation, healing from LGBTQIA+-specific trauma, navigating tensions between sexual or gender identity and religion, and long-term management of psychiatric symptoms in an LGBTQ+ affirming environment (maintenance care).
He also specializes in ecopsychology and eco-therapy, or climate-aware therapy. He uses "climate stress" as an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of reactions to the ecological dysregulation of the current era of climate change. Clients have presented with a variety of symptoms provoked by climate stress: uncontrollable anxiety, sleep disruption, difficulty concentrating, unresolvable guilt, various forms of grief, vicarious trauma, difficulty maintaining daily routines, and difficulty maintaining relationships.
He is accepting clients for in person sessions at our Squirrel Hill location, as well as offering telehealth sessions. New clients can contact the office at 724-759-7500 for more information on scheduling!