About Megan
Megan Rafferty draws on three decades of counseling experience to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and life transitions. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Megan is licensed as LPCC in New Mexico and works from a client-centered stance that honors each person’s story.
Her approach begins by building emotional safety so clients can name what is most painful.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way, and on strengthening natural resources and coping skills. Megan combines attachment-based ideas with mindfulness and cognitive strategies to address both feelings and patterns. She has worked in a variety of roles over 30 years, including counselor, trainer, mediator, and professor.
That background shaped her comfort with grief work, caregiving stress, end-of-life issues, and family-of-origin concerns. She also supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, LGBT concerns, parenting challenges, and career questions. Megan uses clear, everyday language and keeps therapy practical.
Conversations may include skill practice, reflective inquiry, and checking how new choices feel in everyday life. Clients often focus on improving communication, managing emotions, and finding meaning after loss or during transitions. People who reach out can expect a collaborative pace.
Megan invites curiosity and steady attention to the whole person - thoughts, emotions, behavior, and values. She aims to help clients move toward greater balance, purpose, and self-acceptance.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships. Online sessions can help people notice patterns in closeness and trust, and practice new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own goals and perspectives. In remote sessions the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead to clarify values, feelings, and next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is practical and skill-focused, which translates well to video, phone, and messaging formats for homework and real-time problem solving.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they can adjust methods over time, mixing perspective work, skills practice, and reflective conversation based on what the client needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility and many ways to connect. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice communication. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging supports brief updates, skill coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity of care while adapting to everyday schedules and needs.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- New Mexico
- Languages
- English