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title: "Specialties | Shepherd's Heart Counseling, Siler City NC"
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description: "Parent burnout, defiance, teen anxiety and depression, ADHD parent support, and family conflict at Shepherd's Heart Counseling in Siler City, NC."
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Specialties

# What we work on.

A specialty is the problem you're actually living with — the exhaustion, the daily fights, the teen who won't come out of their room. A service is the format of the help: parent coaching, teen counseling, EMDR.

You might come with a specialty in mind and figure out the service later. That's the right order. Start with what's wrong at home and we'll match the format to it.

Everything below is provided by John C. Murphy, MA, LCMHC (https://shepherds-he.art/about), a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina. Therapy is available to clients physically located in NC.

Specialties

## What we work on most.

## Parent Burnout

For parents who are running on empty, resentful, and short-tempered — and feeling guilty for feeling that way.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/parent-burnout

## Defiant & Oppositional Behavior in Children

For parents of 5–12 year olds stuck in daily power struggles, where every request turns into a fight.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/defiant-behavior-in-children

## Teen Anxiety

For parents watching a teen shrink — withdrawing, refusing school, or looking angry when they're actually scared.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/teen-anxiety

## Teen Depression

For parents of a teen who has gone flat — irritable, bored, sleeping too much or too little, and pulling away from everything they used to love.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/teen-depression

## ADHD Parent Support

For parents of a child with ADHD who are exhausted from being the external brain for another human, and want strategies that actually fit the way their kid is wired.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/adhd-parent-support

## Family Conflict

For households where conflict has become the default setting — alliances, blowups, silent kids, and a home that stopped feeling safe to be in.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/family-conflict

Related services

## Common formats of care.

### Parent Coaching

Practical tools and strategies to improve behavior, reduce conflict, and foster stronger parent-child relationships.

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https://shepherds-he.art/service/parent-coaching

### Children's Counseling

Gentle, developmentally appropriate therapy to help children express emotions, manage behavior, and build resilience.

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https://shepherds-he.art/service/childrens-counseling

### Teen Counseling

Support for adolescents facing anxiety, identity struggles, school stress, or emotional overwhelm—offered in a safe, judgment-free space.

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https://shepherds-he.art/service/teen-counseling

### Behavioral Coaching

Targeted, action-oriented support for children, teens, or adults who need structure, motivation, and strategies to build better habits.

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https://shepherds-he.art/service/behavioral-coaching

More we work on

## More of what we work on.

### School Refusal

For parents facing a daily fight to get a child or teen out the door to school, and a pattern that seems to grow every week it lasts.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/school-refusal

### Co-Parenting and Divorce

For families living across two households, where a child or teen needs support through separation, divorce, or a custody dispute without being put in the middle.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/co-parenting-and-divorce

### Out-of-Control Teen Behavior

For parents who would say their teenager is out of control: the blowups, the broken rules, the disrespect, and the feeling that nothing you do lands anymore.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/out-of-control-teen

### Parent Anger and Yelling

For parents who keep yelling, hate how it feels afterward, and want to understand why the same moments set them off every time.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/parent-anger-and-yelling

### Sibling Conflict

For parents refereeing the same sibling fights every day, and wondering how to stop rewarding the loudest child without overlooking the quiet one.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/sibling-conflict

### Grief

For parents and teens carrying a loss, whether it's a death, a divorce, a move, or a grief that never had room to be felt.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/grief-counseling

### Parents Who Disagree

For two parents who love the same kids and can't agree on how to raise them: one strict, one soft, and a household caught in between.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/parenting-disagreements

### Breaking Generational Patterns

For parents who swore they'd do it differently and keep hearing their own parents come out of their mouths.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/breaking-generational-patterns

### Childhood Trauma in Adults

For adults who grew up carrying more than any child should, and still feel it in their relationships, their reactions, or their body.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/adult-childhood-trauma

### Chaotic Home Life

For households where nothing runs on time, rules change with everyone's mood, and every evening is improvised.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/chaotic-home-life

### Anxiety in Adults

For adults whose worry has started running the show, including parents whose anxiety got sharper once there were kids to worry about.

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https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/anxiety-counseling-for-adults

### Depression in Adults

For adults who are still functioning on the outside while the inside has gone flat, tired, or hopeless.

Learn more →
https://shepherds-he.art/specialties/depression-counseling-for-adults

Next step

## Ready to try something that works?

A free 15-minute consultation. Send a request and John will get back to you with times that actually work — no pressure, no forms up front.

Request a Free Consultation: https://shepherds-he.art/contact

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