ABOUT KEVIN MURPHY
A Personal Note
For more than three decades, I have worked at the intersection of psychology, leadership, human development, and personal transformation.
As a licensed psychologist, executive advisor, educator, and facilitator, I have spent much of my professional life helping leaders, professionals, business owners, clergy, and organizations navigate complexity, transition, responsibility, and growth.
Over the years, I began noticing a recurring pattern. Many highly capable and accomplished people had invested enormous energy in developing professionally, yet had little opportunity to step back and reflect on the larger story of their lives.
They had become successful.
Yet many found themselves wrestling with questions that achievement alone could not answer.
- Questions of identity.
- Purpose.
- Meaning.
- Relationships.
- Contribution.
- Loss.
- Calling.
- And ultimately, who they were becoming beneath the roles they carried.
The Second Formation™ emerged from years of listening to those questions.
It is informed by psychology, adult development, leadership formation, autobiographical reflection, and decades of conversations with people seeking to understand themselves more deeply and live more intentionally.
My role is not to provide answers for participants. My role is to create the conditions for thoughtful reflection, honest conversation, deeper self-understanding, and meaningful growth.
The Second Formation™ is built upon a simple conviction:
Human development does not end when success is achieved.
In many ways, the deeper work begins there.
The most important questions often arrive afterward.
Professional Background
Kevin C. Murphy, Psy.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist, executive advisor, educator, and facilitator with more than thirty years of experience working with leaders, professionals, clergy, and organizations.
His work has included executive coaching, leadership development, organizational consultation, professional formation, transition work, and psychological assessment.
He has served individuals and organizations throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Ireland, Australia, and China.
Today, his work focuses on helping accomplished men and women make sense of the deeper questions that often emerge during periods of transition and growth.
Through his consulting, coaching, writing, and facilitation, he helps people cultivate greater clarity, purpose, integration, and intentionality as they navigate the next chapter of their lives.
Professional Highlights
- Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Psy.D.)
- More than three decades of experience serving leaders, professionals, clergy, and organizations
- Executive advisor to CEOs and senior leadership teams
- Consultant to boards, organizations, and professional communities
- Former Director, Sabbath Center for Clergy Renewal and Formation
- Facilitator of leadership, transition, and human development experiences
- Founder, The Second Formation™