About Megan
Megan Deaver is a licensed professional counselor with ten years of experience helping people with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, and LGBT issues. She also supports clients navigating life changes and the particular challenges that come with identity and relationships. Megan writes simply and directly and meets people where they are without judgment.
She draws on experience from psychiatric hospital work, intensive outpatient programs, and independent practice. That mix helps her offer practical coping skills alongside emotional support.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on usable steps clients can try between meetings and on recognizing personal strengths. Megan values individuality and encourages people to bring their whole selves to therapy. She often connects interests like fandoms and community activities to wellbeing.
This makes the work feel more relevant and easier to put into daily life. Her approach is collaborative. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them set realistic goals.
Progress might include better stress management, clearer communication around parenting, or more confidence in identity and relationships. Megan is licensed in Missouri as an LPC and has recent ties to the British Psychological Society for clients in Europe and the British Isles. Sessions are offered in English and she works with international clients when appropriate.
She aims to create a supportive atmosphere where practical change is possible.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Many people find benefit in evidence-based techniques that focus on present-day skills and problem solving. One common approach teaches practical coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as breathing, grounding, and activity planning to reduce overwhelm. These tools are useful for everyday moments and can be practiced between sessions.Another helpful approach centers on exploring identity, values, and self-acceptance. That work supports issues like LGBT concerns, gender dysphoria, and self-love by helping people clarify what matters to them and build confidence in choices and relationships.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. That means checking in over time and adjusting techniques based on what feels most helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility and ways to fit care into a busy life. Video calls let people have full conversations and see nonverbal cues, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be used for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports short reflections or ongoing notes between meetings. These options make it easier to keep momentum and access support from different locations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Intellectual disability
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English