Ghostwriting for Mental-Health Professionals Who Want Their Expertise to Reach the People It Can Help
You have insight worth sharing — but no time to sit down and write it.
I help you get your message out, in your own voice and published under your name.
People don’t want SEO filler. They want to feel understood.
Let’s turn your expertise into writing that heals.
Hi, I'm Deb Murphy.
I’m a published author and ghostwriter for mental-health professionals who have the expertise — but not the bandwidth — to write. I specialize in creating writing that resonates — the kind that makes someone say:
“Oh… this is exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
You help people heal.
I help you turn your knowledge into books, manuals, client-ready tools, and articles people actually read.
The Problem Isn’t Your Expertise — It’s Your Time
You’re busy helping clients
Sessions, documentation, and emotional labor leave no room or mental capacity for writing.
Your ideas are deep — organizing them feels overwhelming
Turning clinical insight into polished writing takes time you don’t have.
You want your message to reach more people
You are deeply called to share your knowledge, but writing keeps getting pushed to “later.”
Your work changes lives — but writing about it shouldn’t drain more of your time or energy.
Writing That Clients Actually Feel
People don’t connect with keyword-stuffed content. They connect with emotion, truth, and clarity.
I create writing that feels human, grounded, and aligned with your therapeutic voice — not engineered for algorithms.
Why Mental-Health Professionals Trust Me
I’ve had several career successes as a technical writer, aircraft mechanic, and B2B sales engineer.
I know how to translate complex, technical ideas into clear, accessible language that resonates.
I'm a published author of therapeutic fiction rooted in real trauma and healing.
I've lived through emotional abuse, healing, and know the value of your guidance first hand.
I understand the emotional nuance behind your work — professionally and personally.
You’re the expert.
I’m the guide who helps you communicate it to the world.
Turn Your Clinical Expertise Into Client-Ready Tools
Your Expertise Is Your Authority. Your Time Is Precious.
The Murphy Freelance Method makes it easy for you to publish print and digital assets.
For 20+ years, I’ve helped turn ideas and technical procedures into written assets.
I capture your voice with precision — and transform your expertise into meaningful, publish-ready work.
Discovery Call
We explore your needs, goals, and our alignment for a good fit.
Project Overview
I extract your ideas and shape the structure.
Publish
You get final drafts ready for publication, with full author credit.
You have the knowledge; I extract it from your mind and deliver the print and digital assets. The story is yours. You take the credit.
From the raw material of your notes, voice memos, conversations, and writing samples; to your finished documents ready for publication — I get your message in front of your clients and prospects.
Value & Scope
I offer strategic, long-term ghostwriting partnerships focused exclusively on high-impact content:
Full Books and Memoirs (for establishing legacy)
Clinical Resources (for client pamphlets, booklets, guides, workbooks)
Executive Thought Leadership Articles (for market visibility)
Sales and Marketing Collateral (for high-conversion messaging)
Your Benefit
I handle the process of collecting your thoughts and ideas, drafting, and polishing the words to fit your voice and audience. I deliver materials that sound like you that you take the credit for. I turn your ideas into print and digital assets. This requires a minimal time commitment from you. This is not content creation or copywriting; this is authority architecture built on your experience.
The Reflection Trap: A Toxic Love Story of Covert Narcissistic Abuse, Healing, and Self-Discovery
This is my second published work, it took me about 5 months from concept to completion. This is more than just a fiction story or a self help book. This is a complete work of therapeutic fiction, that includes a relatable story, a breakdown of red flags, and a healing toolkit.
The Book That Teaches And Heals Through Story
Abbi, a single mom, thought she'd found "the one," but what felt like perfect compatibility was actually masterful manipulation.
Experience love-bombing, mirroring, and emotional abuse as they unfold in this true-to-life therapeutic fiction.
Not Just a Story—A Complete Self-Healing Course.
The Reflection Trap is the first book in the Self To Be series, blending story with a practical healing toolkit. It's designed to help you recognize covert emotional manipulation and start healing immediately.
Spot Red Flags Early: Decode love-bombing, gaslighting, and the Six-Stage Manipulation Cycle.
Trust Your Gut: Understand your body's nervous-system signals (based on Polyvagal Theory) when something feels "off."
Calm Anxiety & Reclaim Control: Use provided grounding and self-soothing strategies to empower your healing.
Set Boundaries & Protect Your Peace: Develop scripts and mindset tools to stop guilt-based control.
Rebuild Self-Worth: Heal the trauma bond and create relationships rooted in respect and calm.
Recognize the Red Flags. Reclaim Your Power.
Heal for Good.
"Replaced" - The Book That Broke My Perfectionism Cycle
I know firsthand that publishing can feel overwhelming. After managing content for clients, I leveraged my own process to quickly launch a solo project, my very first published fiction book! I proved to myself as a first-time fiction author that a rigorous, systematized method eliminates the usual publishing delays. I published Replaced from concept to completion in just two days, 8k words).
The Murphy Method is not about speed; it's about efficiency and removing the friction that keeps great ideas unpublished.
That same reliable system is the foundation for every high-value project I execute for my clients.
Set against the backdrop of Michigan's dying factory towns and Arkansas's hopes of revival, "Replaced" examines what happens when we optimize humans out of the economy.
In this near-future America, economic nationalism and artificial intelligence forge an alliance that no one saw coming—except the people living it.
For readers who question if progress always means improvement, and anyone who's ever felt expendable in the name of efficiency.
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