Dr. Janys M. Murphy Rising is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Olympia, Washington with over eighteen years of experience. Dr. Murphy Rising’s credentials include a Doctorate in Counselor Education (PhD), a Mental Health Counselor License, (LMHC), a Substance Use Disorder Professional (SUDP), and a Child Mental Health Specialist (CMHS). She is also a qualified Clinical Supervisor of post-master’s candidates in pursuit of licensing. She has over a decade of experience teaching graduate-level counselors in training. Her counseling modalities include Psychodynamic Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She has extensive experience with The Enneagram which she uses with clients to support understanding internal motivations and teaches in small group settings. Janys works with adolescent transitions, developmental trauma, substance use, eating disorders—including binge eating (informed by an anti-diet approach), depression, anxiety, grief, and loss—spirituality and life transitions, codependency, gifted adults, and children, and chronic illness. In her spare time, Janys enjoys gardening, practicing German, yoga, being outdoors, and more recently being a podcast host of “Oh My God I’m a Therapist.” You can find out more about Janys, including her podcast, on her website here: https://www.janysmurphyrising.com/.